[Lowfer] 'SMART METERS'

[Zack Widup]

That almost looks like X-10 technology. A lot of homeowners use it to
control Christmas lights, house lighting, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_%28industry_standard%29

73, Zack W9SZ



On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Ed Phillips <evp at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Does anyone have any good information on the actual signals coming out of
> the smart meters that utilities [SCE in my case] are now using to monitor
> electricity consumption?  A friend of mine has suddenly started getting
> very strong interference which appears as four very short pulses per cycle
> synchronized to the local power line phase and he wonders if this is
> related to the recent installation of a 'smart meter'.  He is trying to
> monitor signals from a couple of small loops in his back yard but just
> started this experiment and found the noise which hasn't been present in
> past years.
>
> Ed
>
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