Theodore's World

Smart meters ? This guy is a walking cliche'. Years ago, in a lot of States around the country, used a similar set up. But basically it was for a hot water heater. The Power company would install a second meter for the hot water heater and could switch it on and off on peak hours. Supposedly to save the customer money. I've never seen the switching mechanism so I doubt the voracity of this.

Another idea that died was to run the hot water tank on 120 volts or 1/4 power until peak hours then it would switch to full power. This was a code violation and was soon discarded,. They were switching the neutral witch is a huge violation. One of the problems was if you lost power you had to reset the timer.

Then there were the all electric homes that could be programmed to, say average 10kw per day, as appliances were turned on and you started reaching the target of 10kw, other appliances were switched off, this became a real pain in the ass, especially during the holidays. Depending of the priority of the switching the Oven could be turned off because the target had been met and the Turkey wasn't done by 3:30 and it disrupted a lot of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

All of the above were Customer approved not Government mandated. The customer chose to install these items for saving money on the utility bill.

The idea of a 'Smart meter' is by itself intrusive, that the customer is not smart enough to turn off an appliance, so the Government shall do it for you.

I am a laid off aircraft worker in Wichita. Believe me, I keep things turned off unless absolutely necessary. And now, big dipshit obambozo wants to regulate how I run my house. Me and the Enfield stand ready.

I forgot one experience with something on this order. In the mid to late 1980's, I was at NAS Lemoore, CA. The station housing had a switch that allowed you to run the dryer or the air conditioner. It was one or the other. this was due to summer in the San Joaquin Valley. We also had timers on the AC that shut them off for short periods. And these houses were not the best. The contractors that built them got into serious trouble with the law. One ended up in Central America and the other ended up in Federal Prison.

They would just love us. When no one is home during the day in the fall and winter and spring, the house goes down to 51 degrees, with the thermostat running up to 68 at 5 pm. We also have it run down at night while we're sleeping, too, with it running up at 3 Mon to Fri and 5 on the weekends. In the summer it doesn't matter-we don't have AC. We use open windows and fans.
They just need to realize that people are different--the elderly need more warmth for the cold, arthritic bones and the very young need more warmth, so we aren't going to be using the same amount. They just need to learn to use their thermostats correctly and not have the government stepping in on their private lives!

Yeah, sure! Of course Al Gore, John Edwards, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry are going to accept limitations on their use of electricity or natural gas in their mansions. They will be exempt from Smart Metering by buying their way out. Obama is bringing governmental oversight right into our homes.

Jimmy Carter Sweaters =
Obamazo Smart Thermostats

My dad had these installed in his house when he last remodeled. Problem is after he died my mother can not figure them out to set them. The "smart thermostats" have an AA batery in them to remember the settings. Last winter mother had a house at 50 at one point because the "smart thermostat" forgot the settings.

The environmental people should have smart meters shoved up their A@#es. I hit the history channel today and they were talking about the end of the Neanderthal man. It was pointed out that at that time there were sharp climate changes back and forth. Perhaps the Neanderthals were riding around` in SUV's. I don't know, just a question.
Bob A.

Mark, thank you for that iknformation. This mandated stuff has got to stop, I really have had it. And they slilde it in and don't even tell us, this was just something Obama said when yakking on that interview with online people. I had never even heard of it before. I am so sick of things coming from him and his big government bs.

Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET, thank you so much for sharing about that.

I sure am tired of Obama treating us like we cannot think or do for ourselves.

Lynn, yes they give very little credit to people having a brain and knowing what to do. And like you said everyone is different. The elderly like is warmer and some cannot handle heat when they live in very hot areas.

Tom, good point, I had nto even thought of that. There is no way those you mentioned will be having one of these smart meters. sheesh

Avitar, haha yes good one about the Carter sweater.
See that is the thing to about them, thank you for sharing that about the one your mom has. That could easily happen.

Bob A., Amen to that, they sure should!!!