Posted by Jim on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Dealing-with-Smart-Meters-Recommendations-Needed-tp3868879.html

Greetings:


I have been a member of this group for awhile now and have appreciated the contributions so many have made. I have implemented a number of these!  I also appreciate Marc's vigilance and responses which equate to a pretty significant time investment to keep this forum a sane place in a pretty insane world. :)

That being said, I need some advice on my smart-meter situation.

My current house and neighborhood has not been assaulted yet by the smart-meter invasion, but is scheduled to happen sometime in 2012.  We've been lucky so far, as there are no cell towers right on top of us and our one-story house is at the bottom of a hill and is surrounded by 2-story brick houses.  This seems to have acted as a shield and has attenuated the microwave RF for the inside of our house.  I am pretty sensitive to this, so the low readings in my house have given me a place to recover so that I can endure brief exposures out in the microwave jungle.

The decision I'm trying to make is do I stay and attempt to shield myself and family from the future smart-meters, or do I move to a better place?  My concern is that our lots are narrow and unfortunately both my neighbor's electric meters are facing my house.  This means that there will be 3 smart-meters within 25 feet of either the master bedroom or the family room.  These are the 2 rooms we spend the most time in.  

My question:  does anyone really think I can successfully shield myself from these?  I'm pretty sure I can stop the 1 GHz RF, but I think that there is a lower frequency that is being transmitted that really can't be shielded very easily (or cheaply).

I've thought about buying a house on 1 acre on more, but these are more rural and there are a lot of available spots nearby on open land for future cell towers which would be problematic. Also, a house on an acre would be more in the open and I would lose my brick 2-story house shielding!  Could I more successfully shield my house in this situation from the cell towers than my existing house's Smart-meter configuration?

My current solution unless someone here comes up with a better idea (and I'm hopeful of this) is to move to a house with a slightly oversized lot and make sure that my neighbor's meters are on the far side of their houses and that my meter can at least be partially shielded until we get some kind of legislated opt-out here in Texas.  Currently in Texas, there is no opt-out and they will just shut your power off if you won't accept their smart-meter installation.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Jim