Grid companies in Sweden has increased the number of decimals on energy (kWh), here is how to update your device.
Shipping to Norwegian customers: Order date or next working day.
Shipping to outside Norway: At minimum once per week.
Non-Norwegian customers are invited to order from our store on Lectronz.com, a third party sales platform that handles national VAT to EU countries, using the EU IOSS system for B2C (Business to Consumer) sales with order values up to 150 EUR ex VAT.
Click the button:
Asiakkaat Suomessa voivat tilata Pow-P1 paikallisen jakelijamme verkkokaupasta Nurkan takaa (click here to redirect).
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Can Pow-U read from a P1-port?
Pow-U can only read smart meters with a 12/24V M-bus signal on pins 1 and 2 of an RJ45 connector. This is the standard implemented in Norway, sometimes called a https://github.com/ArnieO/SmartMeterDocumentation.
Several European countries have selected a newer standard, with a so called HAN/P1 port. This port uses an RJ12 connector. Pow-U cannot read this port.
In Sweden, both versions are used.
I am in Sweden. How dp I know which port I have on my meter?
If an ethernet cable (which has 8 contacts) fits in the connector on your port, you have a HAN/NVE port - and you can use Pow-U.
If not, you have a HAN/P1 port - and will have to wait for our Pow-P1 reader (coming during 2022!).
Here are the two connector types:
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