Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

opened. The installer reinstalled the old meter and recommended converting the circuit back to a regular
circuit and and installing GFCI outlets where required. This is a 20 amp circuit and in keeping with the rest of
the remodels done on this place before I purchased it, the wiring for this circuit was poorly conceived and
executed. There are too many outlets for the circuit. I currently have a refrigerator in the kitchen and a freezer
in the garage on this circuit and at least two to three times a month, the breaker pops when both compressors
start up. It’s bad enough that when we leave for any length of time, we plug both the freezer and refrigerator
into other circuits. Will changing the breaker and switching to GFCI outlets cure the problem with the meter
or will the individual outlets just start tripping their breakers? I have looked at the GFCI breaker, and I’m
unsure which wires to connect to a regular breaker. The box has both grounded circuits for the newer portions
and ungrounded circuits for the original construction.
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I have a similar problem. Smart meter was installed yesterday. When I came home, a GFI breaker was tripped.
This is the first time this breaker (or any breakers) have tripped in over 2 years of living at my house. The box
and all the breakers were installed new and permitted just over 2 years ago.
No appliances are on this breaker, just lights, outlets, and a bathroom fan. Regardless, the breaker is tripping
randomly (even in the middle of the night) with no lights, nothing plugged in, or anything on whatsoever. This
is after I had the power company come out late at night to replace the meter, and listen to them over and over
insist that the meter has nothing to do with the problem. I understand that in theory an upstream source (the
meter) should not affect the breaker, but nevertheless this does not explain the extremely improbable
“coincidence”.
47 Responses to Smart Meter Complaints
RDsocal says:
July 6, 2010 at 7:52 am
Socal edison installed the new smart meter and my bill went up even after turning off everything for 1 month, I purchased a
Blask and Decket EM100B meter reader and walla I see spikes to 33.6 KW or 300 amps at 110 volts with everything shut off,
they came out and checked the meter and stated it was ok. I disagree with this, I do not have an a/c unit or electric water
heater nor a pool, with everything turned on my usage is 2.6 kw.
Running normal I use 900 to 1100 watts, then with no changes I get spikes all day from 1.0 kw tio 33.6 so far, an electrician
was present this weekend when the 300 amp came in and we had a meter on top and a meter on the bottom of the smart
meter and no changes to the watts or amps changed for my draw to the house but the meter ran for 2 min at 300 amps,
turned off the breaker and it stayed running for 2 min then as it stopped we turned the breaker to the house back on to see
the 300 come back … it did this 4 times.
I had a edison HV maint. trouble shooter here and he was changeing a ground on my roof, well he cut the line and the breaker
to the entire house, well the meter ran at 400 watts for 2 min then dropped to 100 watts for 1 min, he looked at me nd stated
hmmm, I think we have a problem. To be continued after more contact with edison this week I hope.
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kimclark says:
November 2, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Folks, I hate to break this to you but smart meters are in use to monitor people growing marijuana. No other reason. That is
why Barack Obama says he will fight California on legalization. His campaign promise was to not prosecute. But he is no
pressured by the Mexican drug cartels.
SanDiegan says:
January 6, 2011 at 9:37 am
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