Posted on 11/04/2023 10:47:37 AM PDT by EBH
I can’t wait for the day they fly a drone to inspect the meter after two or three more meters fail (if the cage is the cause). They use drones to inspect the power lines already.
The anticipated dialog;
FPL: yeah, you have to remove the cage.
Me: why?
FLP: because we monitor your use daily
Me: how often am I billed for a meter reading?
FPL: monthly
Me: so you only need to read the meter once each month for this. Anything else is an unwarranted search of my home an an unwarranted spying on my behavior and completely unrelated to billing. Do you have a fully executed warrant to spy on me? If so, forward it to me.
::click::
If they come back with “you can’t attach anything to the meter”, I’ll build the cage bigger and with higher EMF shielding, on the side of my house, not touching the meter. They can’t tell me what I do with my home.
“IT’S A BIRD CAGE FERCYINOUTLOUD”
...Oh, lookie there...the dang bird flew away again”
Got mine on Amazon.
One thing is required though.
You’ll need a short length of wire.
One end goes to the screw on the Faraday cage covering the meter and the other goes under a screw on the OUTSIDE of your main box.
The box is normally grounded, so by connecting the cage to a ground, you complete the shielding.
DANGER! Do not connect to a live wire.
Just an outside screw on the main box.
LOL.
RE: ground...good point. Also, my father was an electrician and I understand the “live wire” thing. I’ve been bit a few times! LOL.
As far as Duke’s intrusiveness, the whole neighborhood is ticked off at any company coming here to do right-of-way utility work. Duke went thru here last summer moving ground-installed transformers from backyards to front yards. Now, in our front yards every several houses, there are green boxes mounted on a poured pad. Along the main road, there are multiple HUGE green boxes (size of a VW) that look like machine-gun nests. THEN Google fiber came thru, cut foot-deep slots in the friggin road along the concrete curb to install their fiber cable. Refilled the slot with some kind of nasty light gray cementitious grout that made a mess. We already have Spectrum cable and AT&T fiber out here. Ridiculous.
Were talking about posting armed guards...
Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt...
Gotta watch those guys with two first names. Doyle Wayne is about as hillbilly as it gets.
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