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What do I know. I'm only an electronics engineer that used to work for a company that made smart meters.
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The power companies cannot just intentionally turn off power for a whole area at a sub station. They have legal obligations for those such as patients on home medical treatments such as dialysis. They cannot switch their power off, they have to be more selective these days. Smart meters provide that
Whoever is right or wrong, still don’t want one
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Seriously? The funniest thread I've read in a while
Nothing like people with no knowledge presuming the world is out to get them and panicking.
There is no mechanism to 'turn off' your supply of gas, or electricity, remotely. A smart meter just relays your meter data to your supplier, generally via wifi. That is all it does. They save you (or anybody else) having to read the meter, so happy days.
And if you pay a few quid, as a sideshow, you can get a remote device which you put in your house, that has lots of pretty lights on to show you how much it costs to boil the kettle too.
Nothing like people with no knowledge presuming the world is out to get them and panicking.
There is no mechanism to 'turn off' your supply of gas, or electricity, remotely. A smart meter just relays your meter data to your supplier, generally via wifi. That is all it does. They save you (or anybody else) having to read the meter, so happy days.
And if you pay a few quid, as a sideshow, you can get a remote device which you put in your house, that has lots of pretty lights on to show you how much it costs to boil the kettle too.
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Pondrew wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:18 pm Seriously? The funniest thread I've read in a while
Nothing like people with no knowledge presuming the world is out to get them and panicking.
There is no mechanism to 'turn off' your supply of gas, or electricity, remotely. A smart meter just relays your meter data to your supplier, generally via wifi. That is all it does. They save you (or anybody else) having to read the meter, so happy days.
Yep, I’m definitely not missing the days of having to take meter readings - as for the other mysterious abilities of the smart meter, i think I’ll take my chances
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They probably give you cancer; everything else does!
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Yes I can't say I miss the days of crawling around on my hands knees with a torch to get a meter reading and faffing around sending it off.
Amuses me why people seem so anti smart meters as though they are being spied on or they believe they there is some sort of sinister agenda
Perhaps its the same people who believe the jab is a way of controlling them.
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Amuses me why people seem so anti smart meters as though they are being spied on or they believe they there is some sort of sinister agenda
Perhaps its the same people who believe the jab is a way of controlling them.
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Absolute rubbish.
As smorris_12 said in a previous post, they can monitor it to charge you different tariffs, yes. If you sign up for that, of course.
It is possible to reduce electrical power, but it would need equipment that your neighbour does not have installed in his house. And to do it remotely would need a lot more.
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Broadband is good; smart meters are bad.
No difference, except the former you pay for, the second are free! Go figure
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Interested to know why people think they are bad? Is it the compulsory element or something else in your home apart from the wife monitoring your life ?
If it tells me how much energy I'm using and what it's costing me then I don't really see the issue.
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So the argument for getting one is basically people are to lazy/ incapable to take a photo of a meter/type a numbers on an app/internet when they get a free minute and it's super cool to be able to work out how much as cup of tea and some toast costs to make.
Not sure how that compares to medical treatment or the strikes from the 70's but good one.
Some people just want to enter a number and get a bill. They don't really want their uses monitored in real time.
There is space in the world for both types of people
Not sure how that compares to medical treatment or the strikes from the 70's but good one.
Some people just want to enter a number and get a bill. They don't really want their uses monitored in real time.
There is space in the world for both types of people
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mgrlane wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:09 am So the argument for getting one is basically people are to lazy/ incapable to take a photo of a meter/type a numbers on an app/internet when they get a free minute and it's super cool to be able to work out how much as cup of tea and some toast costs to make.
Smart meters are technology and help us spend more time doing the things we want to do and less time on mundane things like reading the meter.
I also own a mobile phone, iPad and laptop, bet you do too. Technology.
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The only problem I have with smart meters is that they use electricity to show you how much electricity you are using.
The first thing to do to save electricity would be turning off the smart meter.
Anybody know how much it costs to have these things running all year?
The first thing to do to save electricity would be turning off the smart meter.
Anybody know how much it costs to have these things running all year?
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I have smart meters for both gas and electricity.
Back in late May the gas one packed up. Stopped sending any readings.
They finally replaced it yesterday.
I was in no rush as I'd had a few conversations with them. The principal was that once the new meter was in they would watch it for 2-3 weeks and work out an average then charge me back to May at that rate.
I managed to get through to a real person and explained that as I hadn't used gas for my heating since it failed, then to use an average in late October would not be very representative.
They readily agreed and have charged me some ludicrously low set amount for all the time the meter has been u/s. This was agreed, in writing, to continue until the new meter was fitted. I was gutted when I saw them turn up.
Tbh, I'm in the 'much easier' camp on this. Especially as 'management' is continually tidying up and i have no idea where the keys for the cabinets are any more.
Back in late May the gas one packed up. Stopped sending any readings.
They finally replaced it yesterday.
I was in no rush as I'd had a few conversations with them. The principal was that once the new meter was in they would watch it for 2-3 weeks and work out an average then charge me back to May at that rate.
I managed to get through to a real person and explained that as I hadn't used gas for my heating since it failed, then to use an average in late October would not be very representative.
They readily agreed and have charged me some ludicrously low set amount for all the time the meter has been u/s. This was agreed, in writing, to continue until the new meter was fitted. I was gutted when I saw them turn up.
Tbh, I'm in the 'much easier' camp on this. Especially as 'management' is continually tidying up and i have no idea where the keys for the cabinets are any more.