Not for me,

I would rather pay the extortionate rates and have my front door left on its hinges.

As I said earlier, my mate works for the utility co, it's surprising the stories you hear of things people have done

Not for me,

I would rather pay the extortionate rates and have my front door left on its hinges.

As I said earlier, my mate works for the utility co, it's surprising the stories you hear of things people have done

Do share, sounds interesting.

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What Rulland says is very true - well over 99% of meter bypass is done by ordinary householders. 

 

There isn't really anything fancy in most local substations to detect higher than usual consumption. Often there isn't any metering equipment at all outside of a basic meter on the infeed. Temporary equipment can be installed though, but it's for diagnosing problems like an intermittent short in an underground cable.

 

Nearly everything is caught through back-end auditing and meter readings. As far as I know, the electricity company is rarely involved in tracking down cannabis factories, it's just not technically easy or even worth it for them.

 

Smart meters will make bypass much harder. Commonly, people bypassing meters will un-bypass them for a couple of days a month so there is some bill, just low. A smart meter will see this odd pattern.

you could, say, take a feed from before the meter to power your sockets/shower/etc, and then leave the lights running via the meter. then there would be no odd pattern to spot.

Do share, sounds interesting.

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Thats a bad idea, What happens id for some reason your power needs to be turned off on your consumer unit

 

Youre left with live supply's roaming around the place & will be potentially severely dangerous

Is an open forum the ideal place to discus this ?

Thats a bad idea, What happens id for some reason your power needs to be turned off on your consumer unit

 

Youre left with live supply's roaming around the place & will be potentially severely dangerous

i'm not suggesting i'd do it,

but the tyoes who bypass meters don't usually care about stuff like that do they?

Is an open forum the ideal place to discus this ?

very true, much better colours and graphics to be had on YouTube !

Edited May 26, 201312 yr by arfur mo

Hey ? You lost me.