smart meter VS traditional meter- Zhejiang Yongtailong Electronic Co., Ltd

What problems are currently facing the use of traditional meters on the market? Electric power companies are facing dilemmas such as high line loss, huge losses due to electricity tamper of electric meters, time-consuming and expensive manual reading. Therefore, most countries are now replacing traditional electric meters with smart meters.

So what are the differences between smart meters and traditional meters? What are the advantages?

	DIFFERENCE
	Smart meter	Traditional meter
1	With communication function, lora,RS485, WIFI, GPRS,Wi-Fine	No
2	Record the electricity consumption of each time period	No
3	used with distributed power generation	No
4	choose the tariff	No
5	Provide monthly bills,	No
6	choose pre-paid, post-paid	No

The above comparison shows that traditional electric meters only have a counting function, which cannot meet the needs of users for energy-saving and smarter and low-carbon lives.

In the face of two trends in various countries, the flexibility of subdividing the purchase of electricity meters; customers will choose the flexibility of STS AMI or POSTPAID AMI electricity meters. The current electricity meters have integrated the two major functions of prepayment and AMI, and they can freely choose:

	Conventional (pre-/post-paid) meter	Smart meter
Consumption monitoring	Periodic (e.g. total monthly).	Real-time.
Reading	Manual (read by technician).	Automated (sent to cloud/local server).
Communication	None.	Bi-directional (household to operator and vice versa).
Benefits for consumer	• Some pre-paid meters show the amount of consumption left before payment is required.	• Electricity charges can be better adapted to each consumer’s situation. • Better customer service from real-time alerts and remotely available data. • Lower opex reflected in cost to consumer.
Benefits for operator	• Lower upfront cost.	• Automated billing. • Opportunity to analyze granular data and identify consumption trends. • Adjust the tariff type/level remotely. • Connect/disconnect remotely.

According to public data, the global demand for smart meters is increasing year by year. European and American countries are upgrading and replacing electricity meters. African countries encounter difficulties in using electricity and charging during the development process, and only smart meters can be used to charge.

In the long run, traditional electricity meters are also at risk of being iteratively replaced by smart meters.

Therefore, the sooner you step into the ranks of smart meters, you can get better development.

yongtailong's smart meters, with complete communication methods and multiple installation methods, are your very good partners for entering the smart meter market!

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