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Old 28-01-2015, 03:11 PM   #40
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Default Re: $700-a-year increase running an airconditioner & snap price rises of as much as 15,000 %

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Originally Posted by poppa smurf View Post
don't know how they would be able to shut off just your air-con unless it is on a totally different switching arrangement.

would have to be remote controlled or the blokes they send around to manually shut it off would want to be big boys.
Simply, they wouldn't. I haven't heard of any smart meters containing solid state relays yet. Tho Smart meters do contain cellphone transceivers at the moment its for large apartments or units for monitoring usage.
http://forums.radioreference.com/ele...te-cutoff.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...offs-1.2834439

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“Some person may live with medical equipment necessary to live. So we think it's [imprudent] to remotely disconnect electricity.”
Moisan-Plante said Hydro-Québec charges high fees to reconnect cut-off customers, and that's another pressing concern.
Cha Chiing!

It looks like they just shut off your entire house not just your aircon and its done via a dispatch.

If they want to shed loads they can just shutoff the entire suburb or town not individual houses.
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