By their very nature, having to transmit bursts of data to the comms hub at regular intervals, batteries on smart meters rarely last the full ten years. The display on your meter is usually blank to save power. The metering system itself uses very little battery power, but operating the display doubles the drain on the battery.
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Checking the health of a lithium battery with a multimeter is essential for anyone working with or relying on lithium-ion batteries. This includes an initial voltage check after charging, investigating individual cell groups, assessing cell health, testing under load conditions, and monitoring self-discharge.
Certain models of meter have a cover, locked with a lead seal like an electricity meter, which can be opened by an engineer and the battery replaced in situ. In this instance, as soon as the battery is replaced, the display and data transmission system becomes available again, and the internal measurement is then accessible again in the usual way.
To read your meter, you have to press a button to 'wake' the electronics and activate the display. In most cases, when you wake the meter you will see the meter reading displayed and after a few seconds, the display will then blank again to save power.
The display on your meter is usually blank to save power. The metering system itself uses very little battery power, but operating the display doubles the drain on the battery. To read your meter, you have to press a button to 'wake' the electronics and activate the display.