Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher than actual consumption

Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by roywiggins on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:07PM (#13793991)

I've heard of free energy scammers using this to trick people, you muck with the waveform so the meter reads wrong, and it looks like you have invented a box that saves energy.

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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by opportune on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:30PM (#13794088)

I feel like this could work really well if you just slap up some fake/broken solar panels on your roof that you got for dirt cheap

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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by Neliquat on Saturday March 04, 2017 @09:39PM (#13794286)

They now can test for many variations of these. Not sure how, but meter guy mentioned it.

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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by dzhiurgis on Saturday March 04, 2017 @11:30PM (#13794606)

I doubt they actually enforce it.

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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by gfisher on Sunday March 05, 2017 @04:30PM (#13798803)

I know that where I live, if the power factor is below .4, the meters can't accurately record the consumption. Kind of rare, but it does happen.

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