Tesla device

I am thinking the OP may have been reading this:

http://www.gizmag.com/tesla-home-battery/36276/

From the article:
"The same lithium-ion battery technology that powers Tesla’s electric vehicles will be used to develop a battery for the home, according to a statement by CEO Elon Musk during a recent conference call with analysts. The batteries would be used by homes and businesses to store excess energy generated from solar panels during the day, and drawn from at night when panels sit idle"

Intriguing possibiities for the RV industry.

If the system can run a house overnight, what could it do for an RV?

Dutch_12078 wrote:
The radio read meter at our Adirondack cottage has an LCD KWH display that makes reading it much easier than old multi-dial days. When it was installed, I was surprised to see that they had an adapter to install it in the original "welder's mask" housing instead of updating it to a modern plug-in box.

I'm not sure what all of that means? By multi-dial I think you mean the old style meter like I got on the light pole in the middle of my yard. It has numbers that spin around like a odometer on a car. (only they spin sideways instead of up and down like in a car)

I don't know what a "welders mask" housing or modern plug in box is though?

holstein13 wrote:

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I don't know what a smart meter is. But, my brother has a meter on his farm that requires the electric company to drive into his yard every month and read it. There is nothing he can read. And, the nearest big town near me is now putting in meter that will be read by a truck driving down the street.

The problem with both if these is that you have no idea of how much power you are using until a month later. If you have a short in your house you could end up with a whopping bill over a two month period.

When I lived at a house where I had to pay for power I liked that fact that I could read my own meter and then I knew how much power I had used. Then I could calculate it out and plan it into my next months budget.

Have you tried going online to read your meter? When they installed mine, I was then able to see my power usage up to the minute with graphs and other useful information. At most, it had a 10-30 minute delay.

https://www.fpl.com/smart-meters/info.html

I don't have one of those meters personally but, that would be a great option to have.

The radio read meter at our Adirondack cottage has an LCD KWH display that makes reading it much easier than old multi-dial days. When it was installed, I was surprised to see that they had an adapter to install it in the original "welder's mask" housing instead of updating it to a modern plug-in box.

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I don't know what a smart meter is. But, my brother has a meter on his farm that requires the electric company to drive into his yard every month and read it. There is nothing he can read. And, the nearest big town near me is now putting in meter that will be read by a truck driving down the street.

The problem with both if these is that you have no idea of how much power you are using until a month later. If you have a short in your house you could end up with a whopping bill over a two month period.

When I lived at a house where I had to pay for power I liked that fact that I could read my own meter and then I knew how much power I had used. Then I could calculate it out and plan it into my next months budget.

Have you tried going online to read your meter? When they installed mine, I was then able to see my power usage up to the minute with graphs and other useful information. At most, it had a 10-30 minute delay.

https://www.fpl.com/smart-meters/info.html

Water-Bug wrote:

Highway 4x4 wrote:
If you have a "smart meter" on your house, look for the meter reads on the bill. Gone. Only shows usage in KWH. Thats because the meter does not transmit a read, only usage in the form of data.

It's all a Canadian conspiracy. Nothing else in the US is measured in "Kilo" anythings except illegal drugs.

Not true.. We still have the Kilo-Dollar ($1,000 bill) and the Kilo-Cent ($100.00 bill).

Many times I got to a doctor or medical clinic they weigh me in Kilograms (Which by the way are completely different from pounds). I do not know if that is to keep me from knowing the downward force by body exerts on the scale (Pounds) or because they wish to know my mass (Kilo-Grams) but I do the conversion in my head rather easily.

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Highway 4x4 wrote:
Electric meters are my life and I can tell you that if you have a "Smart Meter" on your house, playing games with the power Co is over for you. What that meter can tell the power co is really everything. Stealing power is really serious and it can cost you big time. If you have a fire, count on your ins co to look into it. As far as reactive power goes, residential single phase has little affect on the bill, big 3 phase it does. The killer for us domestic rate people will be when TOU (time of use) hits us. I know, this is TMI.

I don't know what a smart meter is. But, my brother has a meter on his farm that requires the electric company to drive into his yard every month and read it. There is nothing he can read. And, the nearest big town near me is now putting in meter that will be read by a truck driving down the street.

The problem with both if these is that you have no idea of how much power you are using until a month later. If you have a short in your house you could end up with a whopping bill over a two month period.

When I lived at a house where I had to pay for power I liked that fact that I could read my own meter and then I knew how much power I had used. Then I could calculate it out and plan it into my next months budget.

Well "Caveman" - just go back to your "roots" - make fire.

A few centuries out of the cave? - Add candles.

Both will save lots of $$ on electrical expenses...:C

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It is a computer CD to show you how to build one.

Highway 4x4 wrote:
If you have a "smart meter" on your house, look for the meter reads on the bill. Gone. Only shows usage in KWH. Thats because the meter does not transmit a read, only usage in the form of data.

It's all a Canadian conspiracy. Nothing else in the US is measured in "Kilo" anythings except illegal drugs.

If you have a "smart meter" on your house, look for the meter reads on the bill. Gone. Only shows usage in KWH. Thats because the meter does not transmit a read, only usage in the form of data.