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The Invisible Meter Reader
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Community Team23-11-22
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23-11-22@Han_EONNext Definitely one to feed back to tech suggestions Han. It would be better to be 100% transparent with these things - like a ghoulie! 👻
Last edited by Beki; 23-11-22 at 14:57.
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Level 9123-11-22@retrotecchie
my water company take monthly readings wirelessly from the meter - they don’t lever the covers up on their hands and knees as I do so I presume a tiny fraction of the water flow powers a turbine which generates enough power for some sort of radio transmission.Current Eon Next and EDF customer, ex Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless. -
Level 9223-11-22@meldrewreborn
Spot on. The little whirly impeller on the turbine has a tiny magnet which passes by a pick up coil. It induces a small charge in a capacitor which is just enough to keep a very low powered transceiver alive. The meter reader blasts the meter with a burst from his scanner which then makes the meter send the reading.
Clever, innit?Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons. -
Level 7823-11-22Eh? That's because Beki REALLY IS a Giant Enemy Robot Spider! Have you not seen The Unlisted on Netflix? XD
As for the type of cameras I use? Powering them off the mains is too old school for me. I've got like, 180W of Power over Ethernet (PoE) that I can play with via my network switches instead! :PJust another guy passing by... The unknown tech way...
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Level 9223-11-22@theunknowntech
I use IP cameras too. Hey, I could fit an IP camera to my meter cupboard and remotely send readings from the apartment in Dubai....
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