Saturday, January 15, 2011

Smart Meter, Dumb Consumer

Maybe it's me, although I don't think I'm that totally stupid, but I find the new so called smart meters hard to understand. When I look at this meter all I see is a bunch of different numbers that flash up for a few seconds to be replaced by different numbers.

With the old meters with the wheel, you could tell if you were using a lot of power at that time (the wheel was spinning fast) or a little (the wheel was barely moving). Now the only way is to subtract one number from the next (I think) but it's still not clear if it's a little or a lot.

I've also found that since the smart meter was installed our year over year usage seems to be about 20% higher even though no new appliance or other high use electronics have been added and we are not doing things much different than before. Why this is is unclear.

I'll have more to say about these meters later.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

SHORT VIDEOS FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE THE DISASTER OF WIRELESS SO-CALLED 'SMART' METERS IS OCCURRING.

Scientists And Honest People Reporting - Quite Different From What PG&E Tells Us.

1. Insurance Companies Won't Insure Wireless Device Health Risks (3 minutes, 13 seconds)
http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=382

2. Microwave radiation dangers in our home (6 minutes, 20 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAnrmJ3un1g

3. Truth about Smart Meters - Dr. Karl Maret, MD, Biomedical Engineer
(Dr. Maret's presentation begins at 23:40 on the video telecast).
http://www.communitytv.org/programs/online/truth-about-smart-meters

4. Radiation Measured From Smart Meter Mounted On A Home (6 minutes, 21 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRejDxBE6OE

5. Skyrocketing Utility Bills after smart meter installation (3 minutes, 19 seconds)
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/63581287.html?tab=video

6. Wounded by Wireless Smart Meters (14 minutes, 19 seconds)
http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=8403.

7. Top EMF scientists in the world reporting at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Nov 18, 2010: cell damage, DNA breaks, blood/brain barrier breaches
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cc-video/

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