09-09-2020, 03:10 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by Bruce
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I have two phases supplied to my house, still only three conductors - two live wires and a neutral, the earth is local.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Even if that is cut off I have a couple of generators which can give me about 5kw unfortunately I have no way of synchronizing them
09-09-2020, 03:32 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Same one I provided.Do you need an analogue source from the street supply?
09-09-2020, 03:44 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Ok I'm a bit lost. The average consumer doesn't know. I thought there was a junction box in the pavement that has all the wiring going to each property. I assumed that the power company would open that box to switch off an individual property's electricity. Some properties have boxes outside mounted on their property afaik. Then others have those overhead wires. So if they cut you off how would they do it? A magic button with your house number in the local power station?
09-09-2020, 04:20 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Good. So no complex analogue device. Which is what you were inferring a while back. That's good.
09-09-2020, 04:27 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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The wrong term but by analogue I meant not WIFI. An old fashioned meter.
09-09-2020, 05:21 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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No problem. But my Fluke isn't an old fashioned meter. It is digital/analogue.
09-09-2020, 08:43 PM
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Re: A REAL Reason to Avoid a Smart Meter
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I thought there was a junction box in the pavement that has all the wiring going to each property. I assumed that the power company would open that box to switch off an individual property's electricity. Some properties have boxes outside mounted on their property afaik. Then others have those overhead wires. So if they cut you off how would they do it? A magic button with your house number in the local power station?
Nominally there is NO remote switching arrangement for an individual house supply - the electricity meter measures the consumption and that's all. It would be too expensive to add suitable switching to facilitate any form of remote cut off.
A further point - the "junction box" you refer to is a container buried at least 2ft underground. When the connection is originally made the join is done with live terminals. They are sealed and placed within the container and then a sand resin mixture is poured in which foams up and seals and waterproofs the connection. They then backfill and it's forgotten about!
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