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To: Rex Anderson

Not really.....I don’t know if we are talking about some different type of smart meter someplace, but the ones I am familiar with do not have the capability to interrupt the feed.

On a 200 amp service,(most common) for example. a 200 amp switch or contactor would be required.


14 posted on 08/01/2014 9:57:22 AM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Cold Heat
Not really.....I don’t know if we are talking about some different type of smart meter someplace, but the ones I am familiar with do not have the capability to interrupt the feed.

Some years ago the Wisconsin Energy people offered a program where the customer would get a five dollar rebate applied to their monthly bill if they allowed WEPCO to add a switching device to their electric water heater. The idea was to reduce "peak" loading by shutting down your water heater for ten minutes at a time.

They could never switch off the entire load as the device was hard wired into just one 220 volt branch circuit. I got the rebate for years and never noticed a change in water temperature. Eventually WEPCO sent out letters announcing that they were abandoning the program. I pulled out their hardware just to be sure they didn't cheat.

The device operated like the X10 system which sent a pulse coded high frequency (100KHZ) signal atop the 60HZ carrier wave. Such hardware is very sensitive to line noise from lightning.

Regards,
GtG

16 posted on 08/01/2014 10:40:08 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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