Sujet : Re: energy in UK
De : kevin_es (at) *nospam* whitedigs.com (KevinJ93)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 19. Apr 2025, 02:43:46
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On 4/18/25 2:33 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 4/18/2025 5:38 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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I wonder how they are going to power those smart meters. Batteries? The water runs a generator that charges a battery?
No idea. But, even replacing batteries (every year or so?) would
be cheaper than coming around and reading EVERY meter EVERY month.
The smart gas meters around here are powered by batteries with a 10 year life. They only have a short range wireless link to the smart electric meter in the same house that can then have a much longer range link to the utility transceiver on a nearby utility pole.
Since it has plenty of power, the electric meter provides updates every few minutes to allow time of use metering. The gas meter only provides once per day updates, presumably to conserve power.
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