State regulators have ordered NV Energy to hire an outside laboratory to conduct independent safety tests of its smart meters after reviewing hundreds of documents submitted by the utility as part of ...

One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have been either very expensive or unobtainable back in the 1970s.

Last week, the Denton City Council moved the city’s utilities closer to full automation with a new pilot program using digital water meters — in part to catch leaks sooner — at a time when water ...

Suburbs across the region are beginning to deploy electronic water meters, but with varying safeguards in a state that does little to ensure public utility meters accurately bill residents. A brand of ...

KPRC’s Amy Davis has invested years troubleshooting problems with the City of Houston Water Department as part of our “DRAINED” series. The city is in the process of replacing broken and outdated ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is testing a new way to monitor water usage. Austin Water started a pilot project for Austin’s smart water reading system, My ATX Water, with almost 5,000 meters to ...

Tektronix recently launched the TAP1500L, an active, single-ended probe that comes with a seven-meter probe cable. With a cable 5.7 meters longer than the original TAP1500 active single-ended probe, ...

It’s remarkable how tiny electronics have become. Heaven knows what an old-timer whose experience started with tubes must think, to go from solder tags to SMD in a lifetime is some journey. Even the ...

The San Diego Water Department retrofitted water meters after all. After weeks of questioning San Diego’s water department about water-meter retrofits and being told no retrofits are taking place at ...

Houston – Since the fall of 2021, we have reported stories of Houston water customers drained by astronomical bills they don’t understand. Calls and complaints to the water department are met with the ...

Denton Water Utilities will test out digital water meters in a pilot program. Last week, the Denton City Council moved the city’s utilities closer to full automation with a new pilot program using ...