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Watt-hour meter, from busbar symbol (DWG block)

Watt-hour meter, from busbar is a ready-to-use AutoCAD block named IEC_WH_METER_FROM_BUSBAR in the Common electrical symbols (IEC 60617), group “Signalling and measuring”. It carries 10 attributes, 2 of them visible, so it works in equipment lists and BlockSync exports.

Watt-hour meter, from busbar symbol, block IEC_WH_METER_FROM_BUSBAR

Block details

Block nameIEC_WH_METER_FROM_BUSBAR
LibraryCommon electrical symbols (IEC 60617)
GroupSignalling and measuring
StandardIEC 60617
Attributes10 attributes, 2 visible

Attributes

Visible on the drawing: TAG, ACCURACY_CLASS.

Hidden, they carry the data for schedules: VOLTAGE, CURRENT, MANUFACTURER, MODEL, REMARKS, MANUFACTURER, PART_NO, DESC.

Export the attributes of every copy in a drawing to Excel with BlockSync, check them and write the corrections back in one run.

How to use it

  1. Download the ZIP and unzip it. It holds one DWG with the block IEC_WH_METER_FROM_BUSBAR.
  2. Open the DWG and copy the block into your drawing, or insert it from the DWG with INSERT.
  3. Double-click a copy to fill in the tag and the other attributes.

The symbol is our own drawing after the common form of IEC 60617, not a certified copy. The library page explains how the symbols relate to the standard.

Names in other languages

The same symbol under its name in the other site languages.

English
Watt-hour meter, from busbar
Simplified Chinese
电能表,母线输出
Traditional Chinese
瓦時計,自匯流排取電
Japanese
電力量計(母線からの受電)
Korean
전력량계, 모선에서
German
Wattstundenzähler, von der Sammelschiene
French
Compteur d'énergie active, départ jeu de barres
Italian
Contatore di energia attiva, dalle sbarre
Spanish
Contador de energía, desde la barra

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