Does energy transfer from the battery through the load through B-fields, i.e. "electromagnetic current" and not really through any other means?
The vast majority of energy transfer is from the electromagnetic fields (E & B-Fields which are coupled). There might be some fringe situations where ion or electron (-e) transfer contribute to total energy transfer, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. That's the primary point of the page you've linked, and the POYNTING diagram in figure 7 should show you the energy transfer (that's what they do). Notice that it shows all arrows pointing to the load and away from the source.
Is "Electricity" simply heavily concentrated electromagnetic fields when flowing through a conductor? For example, an arc between two high voltage electrodes is the electromagnetic energy jumping the gap, the heat and light of the arc are just by-products of this?
Well, this question isn't well phrased, so I'm going to assume that you are asking what is the principal method of energy transfer, which is the same as your first question.
Directly speaking, electricity is the flow of charged particles. The other point to make here is that the electromagnetic fields flow AROUND a conductor, not through it. Someone might nitpick about this, but it's essentially true.
As to the arc, it is caused by the electromagnetic fields exciting atoms of air to the point where you see a reaction. This is akin to asking, "What is fire? Is it just a byproduct of Oxygen combining with Carbon?". Yes, it is, but what you see is an excitation of gas molecules around that combustion.
What if the path were something like a wire surrounded by a magnetic insulator, would the e-field be pointless, or not "care" that anything is blocking it just existing on either side to create a difference in potential?
Would there be less energy available? I am greatly interested in how energy is transferred through the wire, at least correctly.
Here you need to understand that E and B fields are COUPLED. So, no, the E-Field wouldn't not (double negative, sorry) "care", it would be affected and so would the flow of electrons in response. What you've mentioned here would actually be a passive inductive element in the circuit! Look up the theory around inductors and you'll get a good idea of what's happening here.
Does the insulation of wiring (i.e. plastic) also help in reflecting some of the energy so that it does not drop over a distance? This could sense, being that an exposed wire may pick up energy in the air, and an insulated keep it out.
I'm not exactly sure how to respond to that one. The real job of the insulation is to keep the circuit in isolation from the environment, so your second sentence makes some sense, but reflecting energy isn't the appropriate way to think of what it is accomplishing.
Full scale is the maximum value that the register or channel can holdor display.
section 5.1 on page 16 says
The full-scale differential input voltage for the current
and voltage channel is 250 mVP.
Current may be sensed eg with an inline shunt rsistor.
By choosing a shunt resistance or other means the current which causes 250 mV peak to occur at the current input is the full scale current.
Voltage may be sensed with a resistive divider.
The input voltage which when applied to the installed resistive divider causes 250 mV peak to occur at the voltage input for is the full scale voltage.
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"Whole Current Meter" is an industry jargon term for a (probably) single phase meter used to measure AC mains current in which the whole current to be measured flows directly through the meter - as opposed to eg current transformer type measuring systems where the current is converted to an indirect variable which is measured by a meter which is not directly measuring the actual current.
This reference "Automated Meter Reading Key Information for Members" says on page 6
This document "Validating non-utility meters for NABERS rating" notes some important practical consequences and areas of application. Viz -
Electricity meters ... are either ‘whole current’ (direct connect), where all the electricity flows through the meter, or CT meters, where the electricity flows through a Current Transformer which reduces the electricity to flow through the meter by a defined ratio.
A whole current meter is typically used for loads up to 100 amps and CT meters for larger loads. An exception to this is where small panel mounted electronic meters are installed that use CTs regardless of the current flow
All non-utility electricity meters with CTs must be validated (and corrected if necessary) by a licensed electrician or electrical engineer to ensure that the CT ratio (meter multiplication factor) and wiring is correctly configured.
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Note: A whole current meter measure current (Amps) and not energy (KwH) but a kWh meter may conceivably use either whole current or current transformer measurement methods.