Specifying Multi-Circuit Metering: Acrel's Garuda Food Reference
Publisher: ProSense Instruments | AI-assisted manufacturer-case summary and application commentary | Sources checked 2 November 2026
Use Acrel's Garuda Food reference to prepare a multi-circuit energy-metering specification.
Acrel describes Garuda Food as operating ten food factories with multiple SCADA subsystems. Its published case presents a cloud monitoring approach using multi-circuit meters, open-type current transformers and a gateway. This is a manufacturer-reported reference, not a ProSense-delivered project.
Translate the circuit list into equipment
A specification should separate the number of circuits from the number of phases and current-sensing points. Group circuits by switchboard and site. The nominal channel capacity of a meter does not determine whether distant circuits can share the same physical installation.
Confirm the current-sensor interface
Provide expected load ranges and conductor dimensions, then confirm the exact meter and current-transformer combination. Sensor output type, ratio, aperture and installation arrangement must suit the selected meter. Do not infer that every Acrel current sensor works with every multi-circuit meter.
Define the communications chain
State the receiving system and the permitted interfaces at each site. A gateway quotation should identify how it reads the meter, how data leaves the premises and which software will interpret it. Having Ethernet or RS485 on both products is not, by itself, an integration specification.
Include the information a supplier needs
Send a marked circuit schedule, phase configuration, switchboard photographs, available supply, network requirements and a sample of the required report. Request exact model codes, current documentation and a list of included accessories. Make configuration and installation responsibilities explicit.
Acceptance is part of the specification
Ask the project team to define ratio checks, phase mapping, power direction and end-to-end point verification. Retain the meter and gateway settings with the asset register. This purchasing guidance is ProSense commentary on the reference case; it does not establish that the referenced system is supplied as one standard ProSense kit.
Evidence and related equipment
Contact ProSense Instruments: 1800 560 854 | sales@prosenseinstruments.com.au. Include your application, site conditions and required reporting outcome.
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