Smart Meter info.

BCrocker · Oct 1, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/user/minivanjack#p/a/u/0/8JNFr_j6kdI

SweetTooth · Oct 1, 2011

BCrocker said:
http://www.youtube.com/user/minivanjack#p/a/u/0/8JNFr_j6kdI

Fuckers got me. If you live in BC you have no choice but to "upgrade" to a smart meter. Just wait, you will get yours too.

iscrog4food · Oct 1, 2011

yeah i got mine in CO. DO you think the certified letter thing actually works?

Musicianized · Oct 1, 2011

If you want electricity, you get a smart meter.... They just switched me to one about 6 months ago.. MI here.

joeca1i · Oct 1, 2011

yup just another piece of the nwo control grid...

BCrocker · Oct 1, 2011

SweetTooth said:
Fuckers got me. If you live in BC you have no choice but to "upgrade" to a smart meter. Just wait, you will get yours too.

I am in BC too, I will try the letter and see what happens. They're just going to jack up the rates during peak hours to "deter usage durning peak times, to save the environment blah blah blah" what horse shit!

DrCALIGREENTHUM · Oct 1, 2011

Just like the guy says tho to send a letter stating you dont want a smat meter installed??!!

I dont think its that easy at all, in fact id think you would get a smart meter delivered the very next day.

can anyone back this up?

BCrocker · Oct 1, 2011

DrCALIGREENTHUM said:
Just like the guy says tho to send a letter stating you dont want a smat meter installed??!!

I dont think its that easy at all, in fact id think you would get a smart meter delivered the very next day.

can anyone back this up?

I understand that the lines and the meters are the power companys' property... So I am not sure if this would even work. Although, if enough people are saying NO and brining valid facts to the table... Apparently, North America is a democracy. The happenings in the Canadian government lately with the mandatory minimums sure reflect otherwise... :s

purpleberry · Oct 2, 2011

The smart meters are just a small piece of the smart devices that can in the fututre track everything every american does, look at smartphones, google tracks every search anyone does, cars with onstar can see everywhere you go, they even turn your car off while driving, In the near future every digital devise you buy will b tracking everything you do. Who would collect this info? Look up fusion centers, they already do the goverment keeps track everything possible, all they have to do is stick you name in the computer and bamm everything they need to know about you, in the name of homeland security.
The future will be like some of those crazy movies with computers that talk to you and know where everyone is, and what they are doing, LOL

Musicianized · Oct 2, 2011

Maybe someone should design a RF jammer to sit in their house and jam all traffic the meters send out...

Hmm, I should've patented that before I said something.. Have at it guys, Keep me in mind when you make a million off my idea.

claudacio · Oct 2, 2011

Musicianized said:
Maybe someone should design a RF jammer to sit in their house and jam all traffic the meters send out...

Hmm, I should've patented that before I said something.. Have at it guys, Keep me in mind when you make a million off my idea.

After reading this thread I started thinking the same thing, but lack of signal will probably set off an alarm and a repair man soon after. Them finding such a device would definitely get leo a warrant to come check out your property.

Something that would allow a signal with a delayed counter on it or something is where it would be at.

The poster before who suggested keeping it under 4k is what I'm thinking, I dont know if thats possible for a lot of us but I've been teetering right around that # but was planning on incorporating 2 more 1k lights, now I think I'll be switching all my lights to 600's and less instead.

One thing I saw not to long ago that made me shit my pants was an electric company truck driving around with some kind of super (almost telescope looking) camera and an antena on it just driving around the neighbor hood, not my hood but not to far away. I was thinking it was FLIR or some shit.

Musicianized · Oct 2, 2011

Well, the main purpose of smart meters was supposed to be to be able to get rid of meter readers... Maybe they just have a truck that scans the hood now?

SweetTooth · Oct 2, 2011

Hey BC, I took this quote from a RCMP article ran in the Vancouver Sun a while back, "Abnormal consumption is defined as any residence that uses more than 93 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per day" (the average home uses 31 kWh a day). If you are above average usage and paying for your power you will go on a list. From that point your just playing russian roulette hoping to hide in numbers. Stay under 93kwh if you want to keep off the list bro.

BCrocker · Oct 2, 2011

SweetTooth said:
Hey BC, I took this quote from a RCMP article ran in the Vancouver Sun a while back, "Abnormal consumption is defined as any residence that uses more than 93 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per day" (the average home uses 31 kWh a day). If you are above average usage and paying for your power you will go on a list. From that point your just playing russian roulette hoping to hide in numbers. Stay under 93kwh if you want to keep off the list bro.

Thanks for posting. Ya I have read that too. Really, 93 kwh isn't that much where I am. It gets hot so I have my home AC running pretty much 18 hours a day.

claudacio · Oct 2, 2011

SweetTooth said:
Hey BC, I took this quote from a RCMP article ran in the Vancouver Sun a while back, "Abnormal consumption is defined as any residence that uses more than 93 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per day" (the average home uses 31 kWh a day). If you are above average usage and paying for your power you will go on a list. From that point your just playing russian roulette hoping to hide in numbers. Stay under 93kwh if you want to keep off the list bro.

For those of us that aint so bright, if a person is running a 1k light 24 hours a day....(of course thats not the case) how many kwh would that be?

Edit: 24kwh correct?

SweetTooth · Oct 2, 2011

claudacio said:
For those of us that aint so bright, if a person is running a 1k light 24 hours a day....(of course thats not the case) how many kwh would that be?

Edit: 24kwh correct?

Good question.

1000 Watt HPS with conventional transformer,capacitor and starter ballast=1125 Watts consumption. I ran that through a online calculator and came up with 27kwh per day per 1000W ballast

600W conventional ballast= 660w consumption and 15.84kwh/24h

Keep in mind I am no mathematician or electrical guru and I came up with these figures using information already found on the net with a little searching. These figures can go up if you are using wire smaller than 12/3 to your lamps.

SweetTooth · Oct 2, 2011

Digital

Lumatek digital 600 Watt ballast draw = 634 Watts and 15.216kwh

I cant seem to find anything on how many watts a 1000w digital ballast actually draws

St3ve · Oct 2, 2011

So for you lads who already had the smart meter installed, have you changed what you're doing at all?

They have started installing them in my state and have planned to have the rest completed over the next two years.

BC farmer · Oct 2, 2011

I am located in BC (interior) and so far have not seen anyone around here getting them installed.
Will update when they come by.

mal · Oct 2, 2011

Had Mine For A Couple Years

I haven't changed anything I've been doing. I had a power bill that was almost 500$ last month. I just pay my bill ontime

mal

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