potteryshard
Electrical
The small southwestern US utility for which I work is embarking on the specification, purchase, and implementation of an automated advanced metering infrastructure, and is now in the throes of deciding upon which system to select for our water and electric systems.
This is an arena in which by means of diligent denial I've managed to learn even less than in other topics. Worse, until yesterday afternoon, I've not been invited to participate in the process. Now with the decision point looming a few weeks away, I've been requested to learn all I can on the subject.
So; this thread is a request for guidance regarding such AMI topics as meters, meter problems, communications preferences, (star or mesh) backhaul considerations and required collector installations, software, vendor performance issues, quality control issues, hardware support, and all other relevant topics.
In particular, references to vendor-neutral studies, comparisons, and capabilities would be of tremendous help.
This is an arena in which by means of diligent denial I've managed to learn even less than in other topics. Worse, until yesterday afternoon, I've not been invited to participate in the process. Now with the decision point looming a few weeks away, I've been requested to learn all I can on the subject.
So; this thread is a request for guidance regarding such AMI topics as meters, meter problems, communications preferences, (star or mesh) backhaul considerations and required collector installations, software, vendor performance issues, quality control issues, hardware support, and all other relevant topics.
In particular, references to vendor-neutral studies, comparisons, and capabilities would be of tremendous help.