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Community - Electrical Metering - RCP

There are several connection modes for electric meters and communication depending on the number of consumers and buildings on a site.

1. Community - An introduction and several consumers

Installation in a grouping of consumers (RCP) with a single point of connection to the network, several consumers (apartments, offices, common areas, etc.), and a photovoltaic installation.

Example: a residential building with 3 apartments and 1 meter for the common areas:

Community with Climkit Gateway

Community with Cloud Gateway and 4G Router

Community with Cloud Gateway and LAN Router

2. Single - A single consumer

Installation with a single point of connection to the network, one consumer, and a photovoltaic installation.

According to this scheme, consumption is deducted. It is also possible to measure consumption and production. This model is used, for example, in the case of a single-family home.

Single with Climkit Gateway

Single with Cloud Gateway and LAN Router (or 4G)

3. Microgrid - An introduction network and multiple buildings

Installation with a single point of connection, multiple consumers, and multiple buildings.

This scheme should be considered when the meters are located in different places on the site and it is not possible to connect all of them to the same bus network. In this case, a Gateway and an internet connection (LAN or 4G router) are installed in each building.

It is also possible to install a single Climkit Gateway and RS485-Ethernet converters in the different buildings.

4. Microgrid - Multiple network introductions and virtual metering (virtual RCP)

Installation with multiple introductions and use of the network for the distribution of produced electricity between buildings. A virtual metering that sums the GRD meters is established by the GRD to create a single invoice.

Climkit retrieves data from the GRD meters from the GRD Datahub. The Climkit private meters used for consumer metering (apartments, common areas, etc.) are read by the Cloud Gateway and the 4G router.

All data is then viewable from the Climkit platform.

Example of electrical panels

Panel with 7 Climkit meters for apartments and common areas and one GRD connection meter:

Climkit meters for apartments and common areas (left panel) and GRD connection meters with output from the photovoltaic installation (right panel):

Panel with installation of Climkit meters on existing meter plates:

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4. Other specific cases

Connection with hybrid inverter

A hybrid inverter is a device that converts and manages electricity between the grid, a photovoltaic installation, and batteries, allowing for self-consumption, storage, and backup in case of a power outage.

See Wiring diagram with the Studer Innotec Next3 hybrid inverter.

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