[Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout

[Doug Braun]

Clever idea, but if the meter itself is still
recording accurately, sooner or later they will
actually come and read it in person...

Doug


--- PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> My hope is that they're using some sort of
> encryption, or at least
> authentication, b/c what would prevent someone from
> broadcasting a dummy
> signal, announcing a lower number of used watts than
> what is actually being
> used, in essence stealing from the power company. 
> I'm guess it's more of a
> problem for large commercial buildings where there
> is more to gain from
> under-reporting usage.