Hello,Many of you will soon be in the same boat. Our utility has informed us that we and the whole town will get the dreaded smartmeters. Whether we want that or not. Obviously they have serious issues and as usual the utility is stone-walling:Having seen all the grief caused by, ahem, sub-optimal electronics design in cars I am not all that surprised. Does anyone know where to find some serious data on this problem? Or maybe even schematics & board layouts of those things?BTW, we used to have a meter with LCD readout and all until years ago. It eventually failed, maybe because it gets hit by the full morning sun. The utility replaced it with, tada, a classic mechanical meter. Probably because those simply work ...-- Regards, Joerg"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.Use another domain or send PM.

Relax, Joerg, Your cost of electricity WILL go up, WITHOUT a rateincrease.You can't fight it, just bend over and brace yourself, and hope thatwill make it less painful :-) ...Jim Thompson-- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens || Analog Innovations, Inc. | et || Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus || Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | || Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat || E-mail Icon at | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

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Smartmeter: Anyone knows how to get detailed info on them?

Apr 27, 2010 102 Replies

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Joerg 16 years ago

I only have a link in German but over there you can buy power/heating combos like this:

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Some are one-cylinder engines that can burn just about anything, others like the one from Volkswagen burn natural gas. The engines have been modified so they feature very long oil change and other service intervals, and really long warranties. I've seen one with a 10-year warranty, pretty amazing.

Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.

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JosephKK 16 years ago

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JosephKK 16 years ago

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