Smart Meter just installed

> I just had a Smart Meter installed today for my apartment building. The Meter is outside my bathroom (though I am on the 2nd floor so its lower down). My bedroom is about 12 feet away from it.
> I'm not happy about this of course but i guess I will see if it affects me.
> Oh joy.
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>   I had a Smart Meter installed at my house in Colorado last week. It is
> made by Elster, Type REX2-EA, although the face reads Type R2S. It uses
> the 900 MHz band and cell phone technology. The Tech told me that it is
> low power, with a maximum range of about 1/10 mile. It operates in a
> Daisy Chain fashion, such that it sends information to my neighbor's
> meter, which then sends the information on to the next neighbor, and so
> on until the message reaches a more powerful unit which is able to call
> the utility company.
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> The Tech assured me that the meter only calls out once a day or so, to
> report status. The utility can also call in, to request energy usage and
> status (Are the lights on?) but will not do that more than perhaps once
> a day.
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> The FCC requires that any new transmitter not interfere with any
> existing application. The utility will be concerned about the power
> usage, not wanting to add load to its power system that it might not be
> able to bill. Both constraints are met by a low-powered transceiver that
> is operated very briefly only a few times a day. Such a Smart Meter
> 'should' be less bothersome to we sensitives than a cell phone operating
> within perhaps 50 or 100 feet of our location. We can always hope!
>
> Gary Johnson
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> On 9/29/2010 7:12 PM, torch369 wrote:
> > I just had a Smart Meter installed today for my apartment building. The Meter is outside my bathroom (though I am on the 2nd floor so its lower down). My bedroom is about 12 feet away from it.
> > I'm not happy about this of course but i guess I will see if it affects me.
> > Oh joy.
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> Oh wow, please keep us informed! It's just terrible this is forced on us!
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> Loni
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> --- On Wed, 9/29/10, torch369 <torch369@...> wrote:
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> From: torch369 <torch369@...>
> Subject: [eSens] Smart Meter just installed
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 6:12 PM
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> I just had a Smart Meter installed today for my apartment building. The Meter is outside my bathroom (though I am on the 2nd floor so its lower down). My bedroom is about 12 feet away from it.
> I'm not happy about this of course but i guess I will see if it affects me.
> Oh joy.
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>   I had a Smart Meter installed at my house in Colorado last week. It is
> made by Elster, Type REX2-EA, although the face reads Type R2S. It uses
> the 900 MHz band and cell phone technology. The Tech told me that it is
> low power, with a maximum range of about 1/10 mile. It operates in a
> Daisy Chain fashion, such that it sends information to my neighbor's
> meter, which then sends the information on to the next neighbor, and so
> on until the message reaches a more powerful unit which is able to call
> the utility company.
>
> The Tech assured me that the meter only calls out once a day or so, to
> report status. The utility can also call in, to request energy usage and
> status (Are the lights on?) but will not do that more than perhaps once
> a day.
>
> The FCC requires that any new transmitter not interfere with any
> existing application. The utility will be concerned about the power
> usage, not wanting to add load to its power system that it might not be
> able to bill. Both constraints are met by a low-powered transceiver that
> is operated very briefly only a few times a day. Such a Smart Meter
> 'should' be less bothersome to we sensitives than a cell phone operating
> within perhaps 50 or 100 feet of our location. We can always hope!
>
> Gary Johnson
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> On 9/29/2010 7:12 PM, torch369 wrote:
> > I just had a Smart Meter installed today for my apartment building. The Meter is outside my bathroom (though I am on the 2nd floor so its lower down). My bedroom is about 12 feet away from it.
> > I'm not happy about this of course but i guess I will see if it affects me.
> > Oh joy.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
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> I had a Smart Meter installed at my house in Colorado last week. It is
> made by Elster, Type REX2-EA, although the face reads Type R2S. It uses
> the 900 MHz band and cell phone technology. The Tech told me that it is
> low power, with a maximum range of about 1/10 mile. It operates in a
> Daisy Chain fashion, such that it sends information to my neighbor's
> meter, which then sends the information on to the next neighbor, and so
> on until the message reaches a more powerful unit which is able to call
> the utility company.
>
> The Tech assured me that the meter only calls out once a day or so, to
> report status. The utility can also call in, to request energy usage and
> status (Are the lights on?) but will not do that more than perhaps once
> a day.
>
> The FCC requires that any new transmitter not interfere with any
> existing application. The utility will be concerned about the power
> usage, not wanting to add load to its power system that it might not be
> able to bill. Both constraints are met by a low-powered transceiver that
> is operated very briefly only a few times a day. Such a Smart Meter
> 'should' be less bothersome to we sensitives than a cell phone operating
> within perhaps 50 or 100 feet of our location. We can always hope!
>
> Gary Johnson
>
> On 9/29/2010 7:12 PM, torch369 wrote:
> > I just had a Smart Meter installed today for my apartment building. The Meter is outside my bathroom (though I am on the 2nd floor so its lower down). My bedroom is about 12 feet away from it.
> > I'm not happy about this of course but i guess I will see if it affects me.
> > Oh joy.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> > I don't see how that is
> > possible though since they would need the info throughout the day or
> > what's the point of the Meter?
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> The point of the meter is to replace the guy who comes by to read
> the meter each month.  So really it should only need to send
> a signal once per month!
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> Marc
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> > The guy still comes by, so thats not the reason. Its supposed to
> > magically save energy somehow or give them more info to go by for peak
> > hours or some crap like that.
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> Oh, this is a completely different type of meter than has been reported
> about in the past, isn't it?  You'll have to let us know what health
> problems it causes, if any...
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> Marc
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