The Daily Blog Open Mic Monday 6th July 2015

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  1. Get rid of a Smart Meter

    It is NOT compulsory to have a “smart” or “advanced” meter” and a growing number of people have managed to get “smart meters” removed after they have been installed.

    This may not always be easy, but it can be done.

    One of the purposes of this site is to share successful ideas to help people get rid of their “smart meter” with a minimum of fuss and bother.

    (This being said, it can be very difficult to get rid of a “smart meter” once it has been installed so if you do not have one, take steps to prevent an unwanted “smart meter” installation; see this link:

    http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/how-to-avoid- getting-a-smart-meter/.)

    The following ideas have been successful for other people so you may also find that they work for you.

    1) Call your electricity company and insist that they remove the “smart meter”.

    It is likely that you will be told that the “smart meter” is safe or compulsory and/or that you are neurotic or foolish to want to have it removed.

    Stand your ground and insist that it be removed.

    Ask for it to be replaced with an analogue (electromechanical meter) or if that is not possible, a new electronic meter that is not a “smart meter”.

    If you are completely insistent in your communications with your electricity company (you may need to make a number of calls until you reach someone who takes your concerns seriously, the company may respect your wishes.

    (In some cases, it may be helpful to tell your electricity company that you will change to another company if the company does not value your business!)

    NB: If your electricity company is helpful, please email through the site Contact form so we know about this and can advise others.

    2) If your current electricity company refuses to remove your smart meter and replace it with a “Ferraris” all mechanical analogue spinning wheel meter which are available for ownership from this Company below.

    CER Ltd, and enquiries can be made to this email address at; clean.air@xtra.co.nz

    CER Ltd offer free consultation services and also assistance for meter installation for family’s health & Safety.

    According to experts, the switch mode power supply (SMPS) contained in millions of Electronic ‘smart’ meters (but not their analogue predecessors) has essentially ‘polluted’ the electricity coming into our homes with high frequency transients.

    http://www.stetzerizer-us.com/Expert-Explains-Dirty-Electricity-from-Smart-Meters_b_162.html

    The power retail company may offer you a digital meter that is not a smart meter, (but warn it may be removed later and replaced with another smart advanced meter.)

    You may need to consider changing electricity companies to a company that will replace it.

    At present there appear to be several options.

    These options are listed in alphabetical order, out of fairness to the companies.

    Read more on site below: If you are interested in the smart meter issue, please sign up for the email list at http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz as this will allow you receive updates on the smart meter situation in NZ.

    • very helpful information…i have a friend in Florida who warned me about “smart meters”

    • What advantages are there with the smart meter other than ‘remote reading’ capability that supposedly make them superior to the old ripple control system (as far as managing grid load).
      We hear a lot of kaka about smart appliances that can take advantage of times when cheap rates are in effect. It seems to me that is more about charging mechanisms (charging as in different rates at different times).
      It also seems to me that we got along perfectly well when people were allowed to perform various functions when they so chose and ripple control was able to knock out things such as hot water cylinders and central heating. These days I suspect there’s more use of gas for hot water, and there are more efficient central heating systems.
      I find it hard to minimise the effect of ideological influences going on here (such as):
      – finding excuses to fit humans to technology (rather than the reverse)
      – consumerism including the supposed ‘necessity’ to upgrade to ‘smart appliances’
      – shifting costs onto consumers (remote reading capability); ticket clippers such as companies and associated IT to handle remote reading (some of it rather shoddy at that – at least it was initially); and with that shift – lessening the need for investment in the basic infrastructure.

      Serious question(s). I’d be happy to be persuaded otherwise!

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