Hi All,
What's your opinion on so called smart meters?
Here's my take:
Old analogue meters were made to last,rarely replaced and reads were correct.
Smart meters,batteries will need to be replaced every 5 yrs,meter replaced every 10yrs and your at the mercy of your retailer,expect price gouging.
Imo smart meters are cheap os's crap,unsafe,unreliable and nothing more than a furphy.
What are the consumers gaining from this crap technology?
Retailers have the upper hand,wireless transmissions communicating from house to house,a surveillance device too and they know what your using from your hair dryer to your air con etc and know exactly what time of the day your using them.
Appliances are being introduced that communicate with your smart meter.So consumer goes out and forks out more $$$ to upgrade.
I'd shudder to think if the network is hacked.
And from a reliable source,the current smarts are being replaced with another as there failing consistently.
Anyhow that's my 2 cents atm.
Cheers Spades.
What's your opinion on so called smart meters?
Here's my take:
Old analogue meters were made to last,rarely replaced and reads were correct.
Smart meters,batteries will need to be replaced every 5 yrs,meter replaced every 10yrs and your at the mercy of your retailer,expect price gouging.
Imo smart meters are cheap os's crap,unsafe,unreliable and nothing more than a furphy.
What are the consumers gaining from this crap technology?
Retailers have the upper hand,wireless transmissions communicating from house to house,a surveillance device too and they know what your using from your hair dryer to your air con etc and know exactly what time of the day your using them.
Appliances are being introduced that communicate with your smart meter.So consumer goes out and forks out more $$$ to upgrade.
I'd shudder to think if the network is hacked.
And from a reliable source,the current smarts are being replaced with another as there failing consistently.
Anyhow that's my 2 cents atm.
Cheers Spades.