I need help troubleshooting lighting

[bloomiesjeff]

Yes, it's a smart meter!!

[dave w]

OH-NO! This does not bode well.

[RJMIM]

I have had a smart meter on the house for a while and have not had any issues.  Sometimes when the electricity goes out I have to re-download the timers and macros because I start seeing certain issues.  You can try that and see if it solves your problem. 

[Knightrider]

We, too, have a smart meter and x10 works fine.  If requested, I'll run out and get the model number.

[Brian H]

Anyones Smart Meter been hacked?
http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16208&hl=

[dave w]

We, too, have a smart meter and x10 works fine.  If requested, I'll run out and get the model number.

Nope, not if your X10 works OK. Duke Power is supposed to upgrade this area sometime this year. But if Smart Meter interferred with X10 I would have had to put the blow-up dog in the side yard to keep the installers away.   

[Knightrider]

Maybe we should keep notes on this subject.  I'm on a single wire ground return distribution system, provided by a rural electric co-op.  I'm pretty sure that the data transmission packets are very small and on a low frequency, as neighbors around here don't share transformers.  They have to have some way to get the data through them.

Duke is a big company (pretty sure they supply Cincinnati) and may utilize a slightly different technology.

Just because it works for me doesn't mean it will work for every scenario.

[dave w]

Duke is a big company (pretty sure they supply Cincinnati) and may utilize a slightly different technology.

Just because it works for me doesn't mean it will work for every scenario.

My mistake...I thought you were on Duke also. Guess I gotta inflate the dog after all.

[AZDoug]

We had smart power meters installed within the year.  I was using my CM11 at the time and there were no negative effects when the meters were installed.  I live in a very urban area and the smart power meters used here send their data using cell phone transmissions.  I asked the installers about the meters when they were in the area. 

[dave w]

  I live in a very urban area and the smart power meters used here send their data using cell phone transmissions. 

I wonder if they have "roll-over minutes"? 

Who is your power company?

[AZDoug]

[Who is your power company?

We get power from Arizona Public Service (APS).  The meter installed in my house is made by Elster, Type R2SD.  I believe the model number identifies the basic model.  Any options required by APS are not listed when you look up the model at the Mfr website.  I expected they would use some kind of PLC to send the data, but I imagine a cell phone tower means access to more meters without the expense of data collectors at transformers and the associated problems of PLC signals we X10 users are so familiar with. 

[STI2NR]

Just out of curiousity have you tried putting a capacitor/filter on one of your 240v breakers to try and remedy the problem??  I was having some similar issues and found a guy on ebay selling these http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160119208413&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT   I used it in my main panel inside the house along with an x10 brand coupler/repeater in the garage panel and have not had any issues since.

Just a thought.

;-)