[Boatanchors] "Smart" Electric Meters

[J Forster]

Jim Wilhite wrote:

> I have one on my house and there is no resulting RFI from it.  The meter
> is read remotely from the headquarters and if the power goes off for
> some reason they are notified by the monitoring station.
>
> I don't know if they can control the shut on/shut off or not, but if
> they can't then it would be an easy software upgrade.

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Not so easy. They need a way to switch loads selectively and the high
current wiring to do that.

-John

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> I don't know why any power company would want to raise rates just for
> that, they continue buying the meters anyway, just order the different
> model.  Maybe they have big plans for you to fund some increase in
> salaries of the managers. [snip]

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To make more money, maybe ??
-John