Now we know why smart meters have an off switch

[vetran]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tics-fear.html

Chinese smart meters could be a threat to power supplies in Britain if used as 'a Trojan horse that could pull down the whole of the grid', experts warn

• Thousands of smart meters installed in UK have links to Chinese Government
• Three major UK energy supplies have struck a deal with Kaifa Technology UK
• There are already 250,000 Kaifa meters installed in homes across the country
• Experts fear Beijing could 'destroy' the national grid because of the rollout

jeez how stupid are these people?

[WTFH]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tics-fear.html



jeez how stupid are these people?

Which "people" are you referring to?
The Government?
The electricity supply companies?
Wail readers?
Unnamed experts?

What is the solution? Is it to regulate/control/disband one or more of the four groups?

[SueEllen]

Which "people" are you referring to?
The Government?
The electricity supply companies?
Wail readers?
Unnamed experts?

What is the solution? Is it to regulate/control/disband one or more of the four groups?

The Government who pushed out the idea of smart meters.

[WTFH]

The Government who pushed out the idea of smart meters.

Any suggestion that some of the govt have shares in either the manufacturer or the UK supplier? Or is it just further evidence of Xi/Putin owning the Tory party.

[ladymuck]

The functionality to turn off supply is known, I believe that feature is what National Grid might employ in their plan for targeted power cuts.

[AtW]

The functionality to turn off supply is known, I believe that feature is what National Grid might employ in their plan for targeted power cuts.

Good thing I’ve fobbed ‘em off so far…

[SueEllen]

Good thing I’ve fobbed ‘em off so far…

After blocking their number about 18 months ago I got a call on Friday from a new number.

"Hello, Do you want to upgrade to a smart meter?"
"No I don't want one, bye" Click. Block.

[vetran]

Which "people" are you referring to?
The Government?
The electricity supply companies?
Wail readers?
Unnamed experts?

What is the solution? Is it to regulate/control/disband one or more of the four groups?

Nurse he is out of bed again!

[vetran]

The functionality to turn off supply is known, I believe that feature is what National Grid might employ in their plan for targeted power cuts.

Indeed. A foolish step, they should have offered an output that allowed you to drop load partially e.g. EV charging, night storage heating, hot water generation or air source heat pumps. just a flashing IR led with a tos link or similar that connects to a second metered output. Then we could have wired all these things via a contactor, via our web logins /apps we can decide if we needed the EV etc charged in 4 hours or 12 if we choose the longer time it can modulate the power and charge us less.

Little interruption to our lifestyle but the ability to shed / enable load.

The idea whole households can be switched off by a foreign power shows how incompetent our government are.

[Protagoras]

Notwithstanding remote disconnection possibilities, my pet hate with so-called smart meters is that they are reported to have a life expectancy of 10 years. Hence need to factor in the costs and environmental impact of replacement.

Plus, of course there's the overhead of all the systems and folks need to run the smart meter infrastructure.

I've seen electromechanical meters last 50 years - with no fancy electronic components they are less of a re-cycling challenge too.

I said 'no thanks' ...