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ULINK User's Guide: Introduction. Downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201110/20111010162219490/EN/en/english/start_here.htm. Fighting for your health, privacy, and safety. Understanding Radio Frequency (RF) As PG&E upgrades to SmartMeter™ gas and electric meters, some customers have asked about potential health effects related to radio frequency (RF) emissions from the meters.

Understanding Radio Frequency (RF)

We hope this information will help answer those questions. We understand that our customers want to be well informed about new technologies. Electric SmartMeters™ are digital meters that have been widely used since the 1980s. The new development is a small 1-watt radio that allows two-way communication between the customer and PG&E, which enables the customer to review their daily energy use. A SmartMeter™ transmits relatively weak radio signals, resembling those of many other products most people use every day, like cell phones, baby monitors and microwave ovens.

SmartMeter™ RF and Health In January, 2011, the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) released a preliminary study entitled " Health Impacts of Radio Frequency from Smart Meters ". Quoting from the study, there are two primary conclusions: Smart grid > IEC Standards. Smart meter. Example of a smart meter based on Open smart grid protocol (OSGP) in use in Europe that has the ability to reduce load, disconnect-reconnect remotely, and interface to gas and water meters.

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Each local mesh networked smart meter has a hub such as this Elster A3 Type A30 which interfaces 900MHz smart meters to the metering automation server via a landline.[6] A very old and rusted box housing a smart meter as found near a Circle K supermarket along the main road in South Bali near Gianyar. A smart meter is usually an electronic device that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and billing purposes.[7] Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system.

Unlike home energy monitors, smart meters can gather data for remote reporting. Overview[edit] Research by Which? Purpose[edit] Implementation examples[edit] Australia[edit] Canada[edit] Italy[edit] Automatic meter reading. Older US residential electric meter location, retrofitted with a 1-phase digital smart meter.

Automatic meter reading

The meter communicates to its collection point using 900 MHz mesh network topology. Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting consumption, diagnostic, and status data from water meter or energy metering devices (gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing, troubleshooting, and analyzing. This technology mainly saves utility providers the expense of periodic trips to each physical location to read a meter. Another advantage is that billing can be based on near real-time consumption rather than on estimates based on past or predicted consumption. This timely information coupled with analysis can help both utility providers and customers better control the use and production of electric energy, gas usage, or water consumption. Technologies[edit] Touch technology[edit] Revista Metering International.

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