FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY ON KUBLER COUNTERS: Kubler helps increase the reliability of kWh meters and save on costs

摘要

In a number of countries manufacturers of kWh meters now have to offer a long-term warranty on their products. The Fritz Kubler GmbH Company of Villingen-Schwenningen in Germany, a market leader in the manufacture of counters for energy metering, now offers a 5-year warranty on all its devices that are built into kWh meters, When it comes to supposedly cheaper, sometimes illegal copies of European products made in the Far East, then any warranty offered is dubious. Such products, often of unknown origin, come from different sources, so it is no surprise that batch quality and reliability can be irregular. Service, advice and technical support fall by the wayside. If this happens with critical components, such as the counter itself, expected cost savings can quickly turn into large on-costs. In addition there are many patents in the field of counting mechanisms that a manufacturer of kWh meters could unwittingly infringe if he uses counterfeit copies.