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Is there anybody who can tell me about smart meters ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Docker@lemmy.world to c/technology@piefed.social

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[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How they function ?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are you talking about smart water meters or smart electrical meters or smart gas meters ? Smart electrical meters just take a reading of how much electricity you’re using at any period and send it to your utility. They can do so by reading the power draw at a specified rate and totaling it. They can then send that data off to your utility or if you’re using your own meter, to the service backing it.

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How does it differ from a conventional meter ?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Electrical fields cause a torque in a motor that spins the counter wheels.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/a/169882