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vpoko
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2012-Feb-17 2:32 pm
InterferenceAre these meters Part 15 devices? I assume the WISPs are licensed users and could complain to the FCC if a Part 15 device was causing interference.
As far as being charged to turn the radio off, just wrap the meter in foil. You might not kill the signal entirely, but you'll dampen it enough not to cause any more interference. | |
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2012-Feb-17 2:44 pm
Re: Interferencesaid by vpoko:I assume the WISPs are licensed users and could complain to the FCC if a Part 15 device was causing interference. I wouldn't assume that at all. There are many WISPs that use the ISM bands and are subject to Part 15 compliance. | |
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vpoko
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2012-Feb-17 3:03 pm
Re: InterferenceAhh, well, if the WISPs are also Part 15 then they don't have much to bitch about: "This device must accept any interference received." | |
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2012-Feb-17 3:13 pm
Re: Interferencesaid by vpoko:Ahh, well, if the WISPs are also Part 15 then they don't have much to bitch about: "This device must accept any interference received." Except the FCC has nothing to do with this case. The interference and the WISP involved are in Ontario Canada. » Smart meters knock out WISP | |
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vpoko
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2012-Feb-17 3:25 pm
Re: InterferenceOops, you are right. Though Canada has a similar regulation known as RSS-210. | |
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said by vpoko:Ahh, well, if the WISPs are also Part 15 then they don't have much to bitch about: "This device must accept any interference received." That's true, except WISP can run equipment that nears 4,000 mW in power. I'm actually surprised the WISP isn't stomping all over their equipment. I have towers that use the 900MHz band and there are smart meters as well, but they all stick around the 912MHz frequency, so you just adjust your equipment around it. Both parties are then happy. From what I read in the article though, this equipment in question just bounces all over the place for channels and was deemed illegal, but still got a government pass. | |
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said by vpoko:Ahh, well, if the WISPs are also Part 15 then they don't have much to bitch about: "This device must accept any interference received." The problem is that the stupid "smart meters" chew up the ENTIRE 900mhz band when they could simply use 1% of it to transmit a very tiny amount of usage data, leaving the majority of the band available to other users. | |
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Re: InterferenceNo doubt.. Just use a single channel on the 900MHz band and SNMP to each smart meter.
Each SNMP request shouldn't eat that much data. It'd be nice if I could graph a smart meter myself. | |
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2012-Feb-18 12:27 am
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Yeah, the two companies need to get together and figure it out. Either that or move to a different technology. | |
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This is what happens with a spectrum free for allWhen you just let everyone "have at it" there will of course be interference.
Allowing access to spectrum without a license is like suspending all parking rules in a city. Double parking, parking by the fire hydrant, parking in front of driveways, you name it... anything goes! | |
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This is really two separate issuesCausing interference with other devices is certainly an issue. But it really shouldn't be tied to companies charging those with "electrosensitivity disorders" more money. (and even spell check says that doesn't exist!) After all, their ridiculous claims to some imaginary disorder necessitate the need for sending a meter reader to the house, rather than using the remote signal. I would be pissed if it didn't cost them more. | |
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2012-Feb-17 3:24 pm
Re: This is really two separate issuessaid by Camelot One:... their ridiculous claims to some imaginary disorder... No doubt there are many who make such claims who are simply psychosomatic or hypochondria, it would be disingenuous to also claim all of them are "imaginary". Just as some people can smell things that others can't (like cyanide) or see things others can't (documented cases of people who can see in the near-ultraviolet range), there is a possibility that some people could also be attuned to other wavelengths. | |
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2012-Feb-18 7:43 am
Re: This is really two separate issuesGeee I thought they were made at Foxconn like everything else!! lol >^^ | |
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said by Camelot One:Causing interference with other devices is certainly an issue. But it really shouldn't be tied to companies charging those with "electrosensitivity disorders" more money. (and even spell check says that doesn't exist!) After all, their ridiculous claims to some imaginary disorder necessitate the need for sending a meter reader to the house, rather than using the remote signal. I would be pissed if it didn't cost them more. Whoo there, Texas cowboy! Just because you can't imagine such disorders, it doesn't mean that they don't exist. Even apart from these disorders, wireless signals have already been marked "potentially cancerous". I also have a person very close to me who had a series of brain cancers, which was blamed on excessive cellphone use. At least he doesn't take any criticism from others trying to convince him otherwise (luckily, after many therapies and surgeries over several years, he got rid of it). One thing's for sure: no smart meter in my house. I've been investing in a wired LAN and replacing wireless phones with corded phones to eliminate wireless signals in the house, so no smart meter is going to undo all my efforts and investments. My girlfriend says that she can feel the difference of having WiFi on or off. I still need to do some blind tests with her, but I'm pretty sure that she's not making anything up. By the way: I don't need a meter reader on my doorstep every one or two months. If I would just be allowed to enter my numbers through the internet or phone and only get checked once a year, why would I need to pay extra? People wanting smart meters should actually pay for the difference. You're throwing away perfectly good analogue meters (which actually have a much longer lifespan and are much less likely to get issues), for getting a new one, which consumes power to run on and needs to have a powered wireless grid around town to run on. Why should my energy bill go up to cover those expenses? | |
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2012-Feb-18 1:49 pm
Re: This is really two separate issuessaid by YogiB:By the way: I don't need a meter reader on my doorstep every one or two months. If I would just be allowed to enter my numbers through the internet or phone and only get checked once a year, why would I need to pay extra?
People wanting smart meters should actually pay for the difference. You're throwing away perfectly good analogue meters (which actually have a much longer lifespan and are much less likely to get issues), for getting a new one, which consumes power to run on and needs to have a powered wireless grid around town to run on. Why should my energy bill go up to cover those expenses? I don't know about other locations, but here in Ontario the primary reason for introducing smart meters was not to eliminate meter readers. It was to implement Time of Use Billing. | |
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2012-Feb-21 1:08 pm
Re: This is really two separate issuesWait, time of use billing? I.e. night rate electricity? My *grandmother* used to have that, well before anyone outside of universities ever even heard of computers, much less "smart" anything... I don't see why they would need a smart meter for this. | |
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arisk
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2012-Feb-21 1:42 pm
Re: This is really two separate issuessaid by jp10558: I don't see why they would need a smart meter for this. I don't know how you would do it without, unless you send a meter reader out every hour. Maybe you are thinking of some other TOU billing scheme. For us, the rate varies throughout the day. At peak demand times you pay more per kWh than at low demand times and those times change seasonally. | |
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so what do you do about cell phone towers and satellite signals? stuff you have no control over? | |
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2012-Feb-20 12:23 pm
Re: This is really two separate issuesI just not move to houses directly under a cellphone tower. Satellite signals are a lot weaker.
Despite that I don't control those, that doesn't mean I should let everything get worse. Specially if we can revert the smart meters at this point. | |
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electrosensitivity is real. People who have received a severe shock are advised not to use tens units because their nervous system is so sensetized and easly disrupted by even very low levels | |
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2012-Feb-17 2:51 pm
TestingDoesnt seem like they had to test these meter reading systems before deployment. No testing, no regulation. Just shove it onto consumers with no thoughts about interfering into other peoples equipment. Reminds me of Cartman on South Park. I do what I waont! | |
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2012-Feb-17 3:02 pm
queue..Queue the "WHY WON'T YOU THINK OF OUR CHILDREN!!" from the Naperville group in 3..2..1.. | |
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InterferenceThe only good thing to take from this is that users can screw up the "Smart Meters" by boosting a 900Mhz radio in the same range to down out the signal of anything else and from what I can tell it would be perfectly legal so long as they stay in an unlicensed band and that its on your property. | |
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Not marked as...UL listed from what I have heard. Yank them fire hazards out! | |
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All of our meters are remote read.Our utility (Northeast Utilities/WMECo) has been using remote read meters for years. The meters are read when the utility drives by in a van with a transceiver connected to a laptop. Our water utility (run by the city of Springfield) installed a remote read meter several years ago. Same with the Gas (although we don't have gas coming into the house, but I wish we had it as it is cheaper than electric heat). I never have any health issues or problems with my electronics.
Central Maine Power just put in smart meters and I am not having any issues with the electronics at Grandma's house. | |
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Re: All of our meters are remote read.AEP Ohio Created what looks like a mesh network, the meters talk to antennas on poles in the neighborhood, and those run back over fiber they buried 5 years ago. This setup is US DOE funded and supposed to also have them find out about outages sooner and manage the load better. Also rolled out thermostats that talk to the meters that let them cut off the AC under high load events and you get a discount for not overriding it. | |
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2012-Feb-18 11:40 pm
Re: All of our meters are remote read.First Energy Corp is also working on building a network like that. It's being test piloted in many markets- Toledo and Cleveland being two of them in Ohio. Dominion has smart meters for gas and electric. Although with gas they drive down the street and the trucks just download the meters readings.- Columbia Gas and NiSource did the same thing. Many water companies and city departments are deploying wireless smart meters as well. | |
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Re: All of our meters are remote read.Yea Columbia Gas just converted us to that system, I think AEP sorta encouraged them to since they was first, but like you said I thing the gas system is read by drive by. Waiting to see if the city is going to do this with water, though I think the loss of jobs pushback will kill it, as i'm shire AEP and columbia were doing it for that and not the outer benefit they trumpet. Which is bad for the economy but well was gonna happen sooner or later. | |
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Not all remote meters are RFSome use a Power Line Carrier, PLC, system so you don't have to necessarily get upset if you know you have a remote read meter. This isn't to say that the PLC systems can't cause some interference but it's not direct like the ones mentioned here. | |
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RobertW88
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2012-Feb-17 10:55 pm
Smart Meter InterferencePEOPLE MORE VULNERABLE THAN MACHINES
Why do people recognize that the smart meters interfere with equipment, but they can't imagine that they also interfere with people's biology which is tens of thousands of times more complex than any machine and exponentially beyond that number with more points that can be affected or triggered to affect other parts of the body.
I can understand the utility company shills and industry parrots that enter these sights, but how do regular people get so duped by these false and absurd claims of safety? | |
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Re: Smart Meter InterferenceYou're from San Fran, aren't ya? | |
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because Science and Research proves otherwise. | |
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Here you go.Here's a idea for all the people that are afraid of the RF energy melt some lead and drink it. Lead works as a shield for RF and you body will be safe. | |
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Sammer
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2012-Feb-18 1:18 pm
Re: Here you go.Because lead is a toxic heavy metal it shouldn't be ingested. However living in house that has been built or renovated with a lead lining behind the drywall and preferably doesn't have electricity will be much more effective than wearing a tin foil hat. Edit: Forgot to mention that the house should have metal exterior doors and metal screens that cover the (preferably low-e) windows entirely. Keep that tin foil hat handy just in case you absolutely have to go outside. | |
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tmc8080
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2012-Feb-19 12:12 pm
CON ED & DOE// 1.7 - 2.4ghzI think the coned meters are next to the Verizon cellular voice frequencies. There's also a water meter by the DOE (environment, not energy) and these don't interfere with ANYTHING. They transmit their data maybe 1 - 4 times per month (unless specifically polled) and that's that. | |
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