# emonTX 3Phase. Calibration points

**URL:** <https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/emontx-3phase-calibration-points/8751>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Tags:** calibration\
**Created:** [8 October 2018 10:47 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/emontx-3phase-calibration-points/8751 "2018-10-08T10:47:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![danbates](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@danbates](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/u/danbates)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2018 10:47 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/emontx-3phase-calibration-points/8751/1 "2018-10-08T10:47:13Z")

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Hello.

I’ve been running the emonTx 3Phase by RW here, on an emonTxShield I built. I calibrated by checking the 5V reference, using the USB power supply it’s been installed with.

I used a 2.5kW electric stove for the next stage of calibration, which may have a little inductance, I’m not sure… It a old hot plate type heater.

The phase correction values I found looked a bit odd… To achieve +1, -0.5, -0.5 I had I1Lead = 4, I2Lead = 2.1, I3Lead = 4  
I’m using the standard 100A CTs from the shop.

After one month the reading from the TxShield with the new 3Phase firmware the setup was reading 8% lower than the meter.

Apart from the (quite old looking) meter being dodgy what else could it be? I noticed on the ‘inputs’ page that the values would go negative if there was no load on a particular phase. Could the voltage offset of the resistor network, post-burden resistor, be creating a negative offset?

Cheers,

Dan