My experience is that when the company contacts you regarding the install they tell you what kind of meter they are installing! They tout the benefits of the advanced, detailed "monitoring" you can do yourself...lol.
Yeah, thanks...I know when I'm using electricity!! No Thanks..!!
I was luckily able to opt-out of the program. Not sure how comfy I am even with that...?
Not sure how that looks?!? "oh why is this guy opting out?"
But I heard of full townships wanting to opt out for all different reasons...so that made me a bit more comfortable.
A good friend who is an electrical engineer and deals with electrical monitoring as his job said to definitely opt out if possible! Do not use a smart meter if you can avoid it!!
Thanks for the thread Strainhunter...
Keep Safe...
Maybe some day we will be growing under LEDs to reduce the energy footprint. Using a light mover to shuttle a lamp assembly between two flip rooms, would allow one to leave the lights on continuously through the entire grow, giving no 12/12 signature. To do this you'd need some sort of light proof passageway between the rooms.
Lots of useful info, thanks man.
Greenhouse would be nice, or..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrBZDl4KBo
$200 - No more bills.
Sounds nice right?
do tellAye, but my understanding is that flipping rooms leaves a telltale signature.
So Triple, have you, or anyone you know had a close call or been busted as the result of having a smart meter in your five years of having one around?