Some of the smart meters go over the power lines, and some use essentially a built-in cellular modem. There was something of a scandal in the aftermath of the Texas power outages last winter. The meters leak information and someone figured out how to tell which meters never lost power.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hacker-smart-meter-texas-snowstorm/ On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > haha yeah right. We have these "smart" meters now that report usage > back to some central monitor, I guess over the power lines. The powerco > will know immediately if you pull the meter as the signal will cease to > ping and it will show as an outage so a truck will be dispatched... I > let this kid hunt on my vast estate, he is now an area supervisor for > the powerco, so if I need anything done I text him a msg and he usually > shows up right quick, or has one of his guys come. > > The pole next to a trailer on a property I am renting on Wadmalaw Island > rotted at the base and fell over last year, the power never went off but > there were live lines on the ground, no bueno. I asked him if he could > take care of it, he showed up in his truck and one of his guys showed up > with a new pole later that afternoon. They called in that they were > cutting the lines (which necessitated them setting up a formal work > order, which was OK) so the system would not freak out. They got the > new lines hooked up on the new pole and all was good. They did not pop > the meter as he had cut the lines (hot) and spliced in a new set going > from the meter up to the top of the pole. > > As far as installing a new panel, this is where a main shutoff by the > meter helps a lot to deal with everything in the house. One I used > actually has 4 breaker spaces in it, I ran a small 60A subpanel off one > of those for utility circuits under the house if there was any need in > the future for some connection. > > --FT > > On 7/15/21 2:50 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > > Where is your spirit of adventure? Better to beg for forgiveness than > > to ask permission? > > > > > > On 15/07/2021 1:25 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >> This is a possibility, however, messing with the meter for most > >> electrical utilities is a major league no-no, like fining you or > >> putting in a commercial meter box that has the meter behind a window > >> so you can’t get at it (all of this on your dime, too.) > >> > >> Most utilities will coordinate pulling and replacing a meter without > >> too much hassle. You break the seal and you’re in for some serious hurt. > >> > >> -D > >> > > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
