Reply to post: Re: WHY. in other countries, are utilities ...

Don't panic. Stupid smart meters are still 50 years away

-tim

Re: WHY. in other countries, are utilities ...

North American utilities have been using common form factor meters for years and those meters don't require any wiring changes to swap out.

When this was tried in Australia, there were several homes that had fires soon after someone touched the wiring since the old insulation broke off after being touched for the 1st time in decades. There is also the problem that many old meters had worn out and the new meters provided a huge shocking bill the 1st time they were read.

I don't understand why they don't start putting the smart meters on the poles where the customers can't tamper with them and the can communicate to the world with ease.

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