Magnetic fields of the Electomechanical Meter Vs. Solid State

My good friend Ken at the City of Lodi was posed with a customer problem; I want this smart meter gone and an old electrical mechanical meter in it's place because of EMF! The assumption this customer had was that the old meter wasn't going to have as strong a field as the new "smart meter". Ken went about testing his own theory and knowledge in the meter shop, using a Gauss meter on a variety of meters here's what Ken found:

Type	Model	Amps	Volts	Side of Meter	Distance	Magnetic Field Strength; mGauss	Percent Difference SS vs Mech	Overall Average % Difference SS vs Mech
Centron Solid State	C1SR	30	240	Front	3 inches	12.5	37.7	75.6
					6 inches	9.1	53.2
					12 inches	4	71.4
					24 inches	1.3	100.0
					36 inches	1.1	115.8
Centron Solid State	C1SR	30	240	Left	3 inches	16.7	60.7
					6 inches	12.9	66.8
					12 inches	4.7	61.8
					24 inches	1.1	50.0
					36 inches	1.1	84.6
Centron Solid State	C1SR	30	240	Right	3 inches	86.5	78.6
					6 inches	48.7	64.8
					12 inches	27.1	80.9
					24 inches	4.8	96.0
					36 inches	1.3	81.3
Centron Solid State	C1SR	30	240	Top	3 inches	52.1	60.4
					6 inches	26.5	72.0
					12 inches	8.9	81.7
					24 inches	1.5	78.9
					36 inches	1	111.1
Centron Solid State	C1SR	30	240	Bottom	3 inches	22.8	45.4
					6 inches	13.8	56.3
					12 inches	5.7	75.0
					24 inches	1.6	106.7
					36 inches	1.1	100.0
ABB Mechanical	D4S	30	240	Front	3 inches	33.2	265.6	143.0
					6 inches	17.1	187.9
					12 inches	5.6	140.0
					24 inches	1.3	100.0
					36 inches	0.95	86.4
ABB Mechanical	D4S	30	240	Left	3 inches	27.5	164.7
					6 inches	19.3	149.6
					12 inches	7.6	161.7
					24 inches	2.2	200.0
					36 inches	1.3	118.2
ABB Mechanical	D4S	30	240	Right	3 inches	110.1	127.3
					6 inches	75.1	154.2
					12 inches	33.5	123.6
					24 inches	5	104.2
					36 inches	1.6	123.1
ABB Mechanical	D4S	30	240	Top	3 inches	86.3	165.6
					6 inches	36.8	138.9
					12 inches	10.9	122.5
					24 inches	1.9	126.7
					36 inches	0.9	90.0
ABB Mechanical	D4S	30	240	Bottom	3 inches	50.2	220.2
					6 inches	24.5	177.5
					12 inches	7.6	133.3
					24 inches	1.5	93.8
					36 inches	1.1	100.0

If you look at the Hall effect of Itron's CENTRON meter you can see that not only does it measure more accurately at much lower current levels, it helps lower the EMF of the meter itself. Nice work Ken.