Sales question came in during the week: how does metering work when all the kecontact units have is multi coloured LEDs as a display?
The answer is using the web interface available on the b and c series units, via the Ethernet port.
Using the DIP switches to set the up address, in this case the static address 192.168.25.11 we have the following page. Note the uptime is 102 seconds.
Commence charging, I have it limited to 10amps, and we only have 1 phase connected as we are charging the i-MiEV. uptime 333 seconds
3613 seconds since boot up so charging for around 54 mins. we’ve used by 2.08 kWh
After unplugging the Energy Total is updated, with the energy used for the session.
