A whole-house RFI filter and transient suppressor panel could render a
PL comms version useless.
Cortland
KA5S
On 2/26/2012 1649, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
> Of course this is nutty. But keep in mind, this is coming from the same
> people who wear tin foil hats.
>
> AFIK there is no privacy invasion here. The communication is one way - to
> turn off certain appliances when demand on the electrical grid makes it
> necessary, and to restore power when peak loads have dropped.
>
> There is nothing to communicate the status of the appliances otherwise.
>
> This is less of an imposition on your freedom than a red traffic light that
> requires the driver, under penalty of law, to stop his automobile to allow
> efficient use of the traffic grid.
>
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
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> In a message dated 2/26/2012 4:27:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> qrv@kd4e.com writes:
>
> This sounds nutty to me - aren't these things running milliwatts?
>
> http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/texans-demand-freedom-from-smart-meters/
>
> The potential for Orwellian privacy-invasion is more troubling ...
> givr government and/or power companies the freedom to remotely
> control my appliances?
>
> Let me think about that ... ok, long enough ... NO!
>
>
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