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What do Pulse1 and Puls 2 indicate on my MK7A. Pulse 2 is hard on

Ronj — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:53:41 GMT

Re: What do Pulse1 and Puls 2 indicate on my MK7A. Pulse 2 is hard on

-Nam- — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 06:11:16 GMT

Hi Ronj!

Welcome to AGL Community!

The smart meters can certainly be a bit confusion to read! Please visit our website here on how to read the different type of meters.

Kind regards,

-Nam-

Re: What do Pulse1 and Puls 2 indicate on my MK7A. Pulse 2 is hard on

Bobh — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:10 GMT

Answer didn't answer the quesdtion

Re: What do Pulse1 and Puls 2 indicate on my MK7A. Pulse 2 is hard on

Lester — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:48:18 GMT

Yeah couldn't really find anything on the AGL 'read your own meter' page, but . . .

I have the MK7A fitted as my CL meter, with a separate meter (MK10D) for regular and solar input.

The MK7A meter is always on pulse 2 led, so is just recording CL at the relative times.

If you only have just this meter, you should find pulse 1 led is on all hours outside CL times.

Yours sounds the same (as mine), you have 2 meters and CL hot water ?

I assume if you have single meter and no CL (hot water etc), then yours will probably be on pulse 1 all the time.

Re: What do Pulse1 and Puls 2 indicate on my MK7A. Pulse 2 is hard on

DAC — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:14:00 GMT

On my MK7A - and this is just my guess based on observation - Pulse 1 flashes (~1000 flashes per KW) when energy is being used from the grid. Pulse 2 - at least for me - flashes when my solar is generating. So Pulse 1 for household energy use and Pulse 2 for solar generation. Again, not sure if the pulses indicate different things on other meters, or if you don't have solar maybe Pulse 2 does nothing? This is just what i've observed in my particular setup.

By way of illustration - on a sunny day, when I'm not running multiple high-usage appliances (i.e. toaster + kettle + microwave etc.), I'll see no activity on Pulse 1 and Pulse 2 will be blinking rapidly.
When I start using more power, or there is less solar coming in, the Pulse 2 will flash slower. Still no activity on Pulse 1 as (I assume) I am still generating more solar than I am using, so still not pulling from the graid (Pulse 1).
When there's no solar, or I am using more power than solar is generating, I'll see Pulse 2 stop flashing altogether, and Pulse 1 starts flashing (speed of flash depends on how much I'm using.

NB: never see either 'hard on' - I'm guessing you mean it's just a solid red light on, not blinking at all? - which might be something's not right?