I don't know if you've seen a show called "White Rabbit Project".
Episode 1 features Tory Belleci from Mythbusters standing on top of a
Tesla coil wearing a chain mail suit and shooting lightning at stuff
while cackling madly. I suggest something similar for your lightning
impulse simulation.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 1/2/2017 7:46:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
I am building a lightning impulse simulator to IEEE specs. Looking for
a 20 uF 6000 volt capacitor at the moment. Found a few in Greece that
were spares for a VOA transmitter.
From:Ken Hohhof
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 5:24 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
There’s something called a cable thumper.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 6:18 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
I am working on a piece of test gear that might be able to do this.
From: Nate Burke
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 4:17 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Is this the point where you pull on the candleslick and slide into the
secret McCown lab for testing?
On 1/2/2017 5:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
OK, had not consider primaries getting into the drop. Yeah, that
could kill everything similar to what she is describing.
I am wondering if you hit a light bulb with enough voltage to vaporize
the filament will it over pressure the envelope enough to explode?
From: George Skorup
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 4:05 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Must have forgot their tin-foil towels.
I don't know what the voltage would have to be to jump a light switch,
but I can tell you that I've seen it. A few years ago, a tree fell in
my sister's neighbor's yard and knocked the primaries down on top of
her secondaries. So that was at least 12-13kV. It was ugly. Whole
house had to be rewired.
On 1/2/2017 12:58 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
that device knows I woke up to my cell phone alarm at 7 this morning,
brewed myself a cup of coffee at 7:10, and another at 7:25,.and
another at 8. Then, I took a shower for 10 minutes and washed dishes
after that.
From:ch...@wbmfg.com
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 11:55 AM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Seriously...
When they publish things like this:
"With that flash, every lightbulb in my house had exploded! The old
lightbulbs merely popped and shattered. Those new lightbulbs (CFLs)
were on fire! I could see smoke, smell burning plastic. I had no
idea what happened."
So, every lightbulb was on? If not the overvoltage jumped the
switch? How much of an overvoltage event does it take to make a
lightbulb pop like you see in movies? I have never seen it happen.
Especially difficult when the switch is off.
All this happened because of a smart meter?
And later:
"All the while I was experiencing more electrical issues and finding
more damage. The craziest thing that occurred was I literally was
shocked getting into the shower! I went to grab the nozzle to direct
the water down and when I grabbed it, I literally got a jolt of
electricity, my hand stuck, my knees buckled and down I went. I
didn’t take a shower after that, needless to say.
When I came downstairs, I heard water and could hear popping. The
main water line from my well had exploded and electricity was
sparking from it."
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2015/06/27/smart-meters-fire-living-hell-and-bureaucratic-messes/
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Andrews
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 11:41 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Seth, was that meant to be tongue-in-cheek?
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/smart-meters/smart-meter-fires-and-explosions/
On 01/02/2017 10:25 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 1/2/17 09:39, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>> Well, I guess if they change out the socket when they change the
meter,
>> they could put a big ass contactor in there.
>> Note the statement uses the future tense “will have remote
switching
>> capabilities”. Like cars will have the ability to fly...
>>
>
> I suppose the other option would be SCRs, but there's heat issues
with
> those as they get bigger. An SCR could start an electrical fire if
it
> overheated.
>
> ~Seth
>
