Reasons for High Commercial Losses

 Reasons for High Commercial Losses

1. Consumers such as agricultural using load on HP basis, extend their load without obtaining proper sections.
2. Meter reading may be taken wrong purposefully.
3. Some consumers adopt wrong connection i.e., they use some energy bypassing the meter.
4. Some consumers, stop the working of meter by mechanical jerks using powerful magnets to stop moving of meter wheels, or stopping rotation of disc by foreign matters etc. 
5. Purposeful burning of energy meters by some means.
6. Reverse rotation of meter to reduce the reading by interchanging terminal connections.
7. Improper testing and calibration of meters, changing C.T. ratio to reduce the reading.