AUTOMATED TESTING OF ENERGY METER

Electricity is one of the most necessary forms of energy that we utilize in our daily life; through accession in the demand and the cost of electricity, power theft and tampering is unrestrained; this influences the power sector across the country also causing loss in revenue. The objective of this project is to design and develop a test setup that avert such tampering made to the energy meters by testing it prior to the acquisition of the consumer .This setup is built opting microcontrollers and its operation is coded; the setup so built is used in testing of the energy meters in the manufacturer premises to detect whether it is able to distinguish tampered condition or not; if so to display the test result as Pass or Fail on LCD and the same indicated by green and red LEDs. Detailed test results are also available through Ethernet where an IP address when given has all the test information. Thus meters which pass the testing creates a defense system against tampering of the energy meters.