I have never seen one or had one installed, but I believe they somehow
control a load but I don't know if the load that they shed is directly
connected to the meter or if it only controls a remote contactor. Perhaps
you could cause an overheat by rapidly cycling a relay controlling an air
conditioner. Sounds more like FUD/Fake news to me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nate Burke
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 9:12 AM
To: Animal Farm
Subject: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
I've been reading in the news about the susceptibility of the smartgrid
and related smartmeters. They talk about how a compromised smartmeter
can be made to explode or catch fire on the side of a house. I'm just
wondering how this would be accomplished. Isn't there basically just a
relay and a current monitor in it. Do they switch the relay on and off
rapidly until it overheats? It seems like eventually the contacts would
heat up and fuse if that was the case. Or are they built like a Dr
Doofenshmirtz innator with a self destruct option included.
