[Shop-talk] Remote electric meter readout

[Pat Horne]

They would at least be caught when they disconnect service, then they 
may have a whopper of a bill to pay!

Here in rural Central Texas they went to a system several years ago that 
had the meter call home on the phone line to report its usage. That 
lasted about as long as it took to install all the meters, then they 
swapped them out for meters that talked to the sub station over the 
power lines themselves. The meters still have rotors, but folks don't 
have to stay on the road all day reading meters and putting up with 
aggressive dogs!

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake 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.
>>     
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