Foiling a "smart" meter on the street, San Francisco CA

[kurtaDHS73]

0.098 watts/m^2? 1200 times less radiation than you get by standing in sunlight? You're really worried about this? The max leakage from a standard microwave oven is 5 mW/cm^2. That's 50,000,000 µW/m^2... more than 50 times what you've recorded. The meter probably has a 0.2% duty cycle, meaning you can stand in front of it for a whole day before you get the same exposure as you do from microwaving a burrito, or standing in sunlight for 4 seconds.

Anyone worried about this is a dumbass.

[teomeimf]

@kurtaDHS73 I am with you BUT these radiation people seem to have the PULSE of this movement. What REALLY bugs me is that the SMART METER will be used to double your power bill in the future. All they have to due now is say "POWER USAGE DOUBLES AT PEAK" and your screwed!!!! Get ready to bake on those hot summer days,,, The smath meter is coming for YOUR WALLET!!!! In the end it ALWAYS boils down to money don't it???

[PsychoticusRex]

@teomeimf In the future, try now. The first bill was 4X what the previous bill was before the smart meter & they have the gull to say that it's because it's winter time. Our winter bill has never been this high. It's more than doubled.

[supressorgrid]

@teomeimf They also charge extra based upon what your area code is. If you live in a poorer urban area, they caharge less than in an affluent suburb. Wealth distribution.

[jananbanana77]

i just wrapped mine outside and it feels better already. then i looked online if this works... thought so!

[rdolinski]

Also what you have achieved with foil or window screen is a rudimentary Faraday cage. This principle was first discovered by Michael Faraday back in 1836 possibly when he was trying to put an end to Edison's smart meter.

But you can learn how you are not so far off in blocking RF, It needs to be a continuous mesh cage surrounding the source and it needs to be earthed in order to drain the energy captured by the cage.

I work in a RF cage daily and couldn't make a cell call to save my life.

[rdolinski]

Think of a 60w light bulb in a room radiating light in every direction as being isotropic and a 60w light bulb in a spotlight acting as an antenna. It is the same power in both cases but how it is delivered and you perceive a spotlight to have more light.

[rdolinski]

I believe you are mistaken on how a RF antenna works. An antenna with gain of 4dbi has an Effective Radiated Power gain of 4 db compared to an isotropic (The "i" part of "dbi") antenna but in reality had no effect of the power being output by the amplifier. 1watt delivered to a antenna with a gain of 4dbi will appear to have 4db of gain compared to an isotropic antenna with the same input power. 1watt = 1watt = 1watt.

Thank you

[Wivanunu]

These make me furious! How dare they stick it on my house and we can't opt out! Can I wrap it in 10 pounds of foil and ducts tape.....do you think they would notice? ;-)

[MelioraCogito]

@Wivanunu 1. Many utilities are accepting your right to opt out – but beware, they may now charge you extra for having to hire someone to go to your house once a month or semi-monthly to read your analog meter – I'm betting 50$ a visit at least.

2. You bet they would notice something over the meter, because it wouldn't transmit anything to the receiver on the nearby utility pole. Therefore they'd send someone out to investigate & remove the barrier.

[yesyourgovlies]

I have to pay $10.00 extra a month and a one time fee of $75.00 and they didn't have to reinstall my Meter I still have my old one I don't get the fee I am going to fight the fee !!!

[Wivanunu]

Can you put the foil just inside your house and deflect them from coming inside? My bedroom is next to this evil thing.....I just realized it...my head is next to it. I have been so ill.

[MelioraCogito]

@Wivanunu You could, but perhaps the better thing to do is use a wire mesh on the outside wall surrounding the meter box - the box itself [metal] will block the RF signal directly behind the transmitter in the meter, but that source could be mounted within the meter enclosure from say 1" to 3-1/2" outside the box itself. If the box isn't metal [I don't know of any plastic meter boxes on the market off hand] the RF signal would pass through the box into the house.

[greghol]

So you put up what is called a "Reflector" in antenna terms,over the signal source. You increased the radiation to the occupants in the building!

[pterosapien]

At Home Depot and Lowe's they have a` DIY sheet metal station with thick, rigid aluminum sheets in 1'x1', 1'x2' and even 2'x2' sections.. I was able to slide one behind my smart meter, fold the sides outward away from my house, effectively reflecting the Mircowaves towards the yard. I used the 6" scrap strip to wrap the clear smart meeter housing, shielding it further. 10-100x more shielding than foil due to the increased thickness.

Remember you cant "shield" microwaves, only deflect them!

[peakaboozen]

@pterosapien

The thickness of the material used does not matter.

[pterosapien]

@peakaboozen Shielding and Attenuating Electromagnetic Waves is definitely affected by the thickness of the shielding.

[pterosapien]

@peakaboozen See wikipedia article on Electromagnetic shielding. Whether its Gamma Rays I work with, Xrays, radiowaves, visible light... the thinner the shield (or more appropriate 'attenuation material') the less effective it will be

[watcherman65]

@thisirradiatedlife

Do we know what the exact operating frequency is that the meter operates on?... thanks for sharing...

[thisirradiatedlife]

@watcherman65 PG&E smart meters (electric) operate in the range of 902-928 MHz. They use frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which means the transmissions jumps all over this range in an encrypted pattern. This is an unlicensed band, which means the transmitter is supposed to be 1 watt or under, even though they break the FCC rule by using a 4db antenna, which jacks up the power at the moment of emissions to 2.5 watts. It's made by Silver Springs Networks.

[4crpg]

w.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.ns­f/vwapj/rss210-issue7.pdf/$FIL­E/rss210-issue7.pdf page 33 A8.4 (1) = 4 watts

[4crpg]

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[originalcause]

I'd have no problem with them transmitting my usage data once a month to the local DCU. That could be done in a matter of seconds. Why do they need to be transmitting every few seconds?! I do not intend to opt in to the internal home functions where they could control specific appliances.

[catalinaumbert]

@originalcause Because Big Brother is watching you. Between your Iphone and this meter...they know everything about you!

[justin76bmw]

why the fuck would they put dangerous radiation generaters everywhere? espectialy if i regular cell signal works fine??? btw. your'e data is seriousley contaminated. you need to wear the foil on your'e head! that will protect you from this, h.a.r.p, bigfoot, and the dreaded blade thump... u = crazy bitch...

[energizeddiva]

Inside the house too. You can measure it. Yes microwaves, cell phones, and blenders are huge. There are products that can block it from you. I have been getting headaches every morning for two years. (I never had a headache like these before) Someone told me about the smart meters so I checked. Sure enough mine was installed in 2009. I got the protection and haven't had a headache since. energizeddiva@gmail.com

[Libertasfalsus]

How about a dead carrier that will tx the instant a pulse is detected. ...Or perhaps capturing a few of those packets and setting a transmitter to repeat the packet over and over would probably gum up the works a little. That would work provided the network isn't channel hopping and or using some type of encryption. Dead carrier is a sure thing though if it covers enough of the band that the meters work on. ...May interfere with other devices in the same band though. Just brainstorming ;)

[zeppelin67637]

you idiots better turn off your tv's and cell phones too. Oh and by god don't ever reheat your food in a microwave!

[huntsirj]

You should take a reading from inside the home, no one that I know of sits outside sucking on their meter all day.

[huntsirj]

Since I received my smart meter I have been able to save about $20 a month now that I can tell which hours my usage was the highest. Thanks kids! I nor any of my family or pets have had any adverse effects, that is other than my scolding my kids for their after school usage.

[moles2000]

@huntsirj So you need us all to have smart meters so you can tell your kids tot turn off the lights?

[puppetjaw]

@huntsirj Hopefully your kids' brain waves and patterns won't be affected and will function as capable human beings in the long future - We don't know what the long term affects are. It's not about saving money for us, it's about our privacy and personal liberty. I should not be the guinea pig for profitable deals between big corporations and their customers, the residents

[EMFwatch]

Keep getting the word out, hopefully with public knowledge we can get these and other wireless radiation emitting devices, WiFi, wireless phones, cell towers, cell phones under control. Unfortunately, it is going to take a generation of over exposed children becoming disease riddled adults for the Government/ Corporate America's policy on this issue to change.

If you would like to view an Orwellian attempt at pacifying concerns see: Smart Meters and Radio Frequency by ECR

[doriandouma]

@EMFwatch The problem is, genuine concern for health is very hard to find, no matter where you look.

[Zenman1976]

people who state "one of these might not be dangerous"... Imagine a city block with every building installed with one.. Thats a hell of a "field" (and no doubt creates much higher readings in certain "hot spots")

[Zenman1976]

@Zenman1976 nevermind an apartment block with one in every house + wireless phones + wireless internet + Cell phone towers etc etc... Its a EM/RF soup that eventually wont do much good for anyone..

Combine with fluoride etc and the future looks very dim..

[ncwdane]

So Tin Foil hat people have been tight all along... :-/ ;-) LOL

[TheSunergizer]

Servicemen in Vietnam worked with agent orange for years. They were told it was safe to handle. Oopsie!

Where America went wrong is that individuals hide behind corporations making the call. They should be tried for mass murder. Not some class action lawsuit that only passes the cost onto consumers.

Likewise if some Auto manufacturer manager goes cheap and it costs lives. He should be charged for mass murder.

The people pushing these meters will be long gone when the truth is out.

[lhverriet]

thanks for the info, I just got a letter yesterday saying they were going to put this into my rental apt, and I was not happy.

[fuknrockbec]

@lhverriet You can say you do not want it I just watched a video and you write a letter and send it. 

[lhverriet]

@fuknrockbec I actually tried that, I wrote them two letters one to the VP and one to general inquiries for it. They replied back with a bunch of BS and lies. Anyhow, I sent them some info on the truth of the matter and implored them to be responsible and inform themselves. No response yet. They are no doubt not sure what to say to someone who actually knows the truth of the matter.

[moles2000]

@lhverriet I wrote David Dreir, got a crap letter saying how safe and tested they were.

I have called edison many times and CPUC. Tell your company you want to be put on a remove list and call CPUC. Assuming you are in California. otherwise call your PUC.

[fuknrockbec]

@lhverriet /watch?feature=player_embedded­&v=8JNFr_j6kdI

[rickyleepilfer]

Does covering the meter redirect the RF emissions backwards into the building?

[VegoRon]

The tin foil should be fine screen that is grounded well if you want to kill the signal.

[Jibbguy]

Since the subject of meters is being raised, the argument i am interested in... is regarding the honesty of these meters. NOTHING i have seen proves that these meters actually read in Watts, and not Volt Amps. Apparent power will STEAL money because most American large appliances with inductive motors are NOT Power Factor Corrected (as all CE Mark devices in Europe are). Therefor, the difference caused by the inductive phase will ADD consumer cost. The OLD meters also read in apparent.

[alinehuntly]

I became sensitive to RF through exposure and I believe the roll-out of smart meters will probably be the 'straw that breaks the camel's back' for a lot of people. If I am within 10' of a wi-fi router or a constantly-emitting cordless phone base I get pain in my head, palpitations & more. This is real. Took a long time for the effects of smoking to be acknowledged. The effects of RF on human beings will probably follow a similar curve re mass awareness. It's a nightmare.

[ccm3j]

Paranoid



[kf4ypd]

@my05hammer I don't think you should be concerned that the power co knows when you're using power. You choose to purchase the electricity from them, this is a customer - provider relationship, and they can provide better, more reliable and less expensive power to you by using a meter that gives them higher resolution usage data and doesn't require truck rolls to get that data from it. Its like the grocery store that knows what you buy, it helps them keep things you want in stock.

[nakiestona]

I think it is important for people to at least be aware of possible negative effects.

There is ongoing debate where I live as to whether or not these are safe.

I'm hoping that this will not be put on my home without my consent, or at least until more research has been conducted.

I can't really say much about the amount of emissions or any of the other facts because I do sleep with my cell phone next to my bed but at least that is my decision.

Very well done video, I will be sharing it & thx!

[inund8]

I think you forgot to turn off your cell phone

[darmader]

Take action against invisible environmental poisoning! Or our DNA pool is at risk!

[MrAnomilus]

The readings were reduced on the side of the foil opposite the meter...

BUT

...the foil does not ABSORB the radio waves, but REFLECTS them, through the wall, BACK INTO THE HOUSE, EFEFCTIVELY DOUBLING THE RF RADIATION IN THE HOUSE!!!!!

It would make more sense, from a safety standpoint, to put the foil INSIDE the house, NOT on the outside.

Putting the foil on the outside, while enhancing privacy, does so at the price of INCREASING the radiation INSIDE, by reflection.

No Smart Meter is best.

[NuttyCookie333]

@MrAnomilus Would you cover the thermostat with foil?

[thisirradiatedlife]

@MrAnomilus YES, you are RIGHT. No smart meter is the best choice. However, there are parts of the US and the world where people do not have a choice. There are situations where a person is subject to RF off a BANK of smart meters, and they cannot pay for all 20 or 40 people to opt out.

This video is a demonstration of a basic property of screening. I encourage everyone to use that information in a way that helps yourself.

[superhappyize]

I wonder who pays for the energy it takes to pulse.

[806cat]

@kf4ypd Of course they can transmit over powerlines - I am using it right now to connect to my router (it's called HomePlug). Considering we have been swimming in a sea of non-ionizing EM radiation of all frequencies for decades, you think we would have seen some significant increase in health problems attributable to non-ionizing EM radiation. I don't see all the health nuts who complain about RF from smart meters covering themselves up to protect from the ionizing UV radiation from the sun

[Deztructor13x]

@806cat Its impossible for you to see any significant increase in health problems with your head in the sand. It takes very little research to see the statistics on how cancer rates have skyrocketed in the last few decades. I'm sure its just a happy coincidence that cell phones and wifi are so prominent now. Nothing to see here, move along.

[superhappyize]

youve probably saved a few thousand meter readers jobs !

[johnnythefridge]

@psychedeligoat. I'm sure you are entirely correct. I bow to your supeior knowlege... But you have better get your tinfoil hat on all the same. xxx

[johnnythefridge]

@psychedeligoat. I'm sure you are entirely correct. I bow to your supeior knowlege... But you have better get your tinfoil hat on all the same. xxx

[kf4ypd]

@psychedeligoat You don't need to be crude. As I noted above, I agree that more long-term studies do need to be done, but we don't have the data yet to back up these health effects either way. I will also agree with anyone concerned about privacy issues or higher bills as a result of smart meters. Let me tell you though, the power co's don't care what you are running, they only need to track how much you use so they can manage their generation efficiently, but gvmt may have other ideas.

[johnnythefridge]

Run ... hide... EM radiation is all around us...... but be sure that you understand that whatever is bupring out of the smart meters is insignificant compared to the gigantic fusion reactor that is our sun !

[trentstubbs]

oh yeah and placing the foil on the stupid thing only harms the people on the other side. wrap it completely in foil. Soon they won't need this crap anyways, it will just talk upstream on a 60hz bus through the power lines

[kf4ypd]

@trentstubbs They don't quite have that worked out yet, but gosh knows they would if they could. Getting through the transformers and dealing with noise become the two biggest issues.

[trentstubbs]

smart or not, harmful or not, My real problem is that I don't like having big brother talking to my LED lights or Compact florecents or even my TV and telling them how I use my electricity. I could give a rats ass about time of day usage reports. Of coarse I use more power during the day. The fucking air conditioner runs all day. Doesn't take an engineering degree to figure that one out. This is all a bit to monitor our uses. Smart water meters too!?!?! Makes me glad to be on a Elec Co-op!

[kf4ypd]

@trentstubbs The meters don't talk to anything unless you want them to. In fact most people don't even own appliances that have Zigbee communication in them (the wireless standard that most meters use to talk to appliances). They really just want to charge you more based on peak usage. Businesses being businesses. Which I'm not saying is good, but thats whats going on.

[777bluelight]

@robinsintree Sweet<3 every little piece helps. Spread them out, 1 or 2 per, since you have so many masts around. Bury them, or throw in h2o if it's around. 100y. or so away is fine, closer the better. Go back when you get more orgonite. Most of the symptoms people feel are more intense when they live in a scalar interference zone (between 2 towers). I just cam across a vid of someone in CA getting the Man to recommend PG&E remove his smartmeter- watch?v=kdxSKv2vm_0&feature=pl­ayer_embedded

[FredSanford420]

This just proves that foil hats are not so nutty after all. :p

[SuperDiggitydave]

The amount of RF that these things give off in 20 years is about the same as a 30 minute cell phone call. ~10 Million meters installed so far made by Itron. Zero health incidents. People call into the call centre to complain about the RF from these smart meters, using their cell phones.

Most people commenting on all of these useless youtube videos are using WiFi.

The amount of ignorance in this country is amazing.

[kf4ypd]

@SuperDiggitydave Thanks for the reassurance that there are at least a few sane people on the internet still. Personally, I have a 50W ham radio in my car that I love using while sitting right beneath the antenna, because I understand how RF radiation works. I've also sat in the middle of a field of 3000 smart meters that were being tested for days at a time and got more damaged from the sun's radiation than the meters.

[bloodseedrums]

sounds like you better start wearing that tinfoil on your head so you dont get affected by the radio waves

[bcnewsvideo]

Yes I want people to know when I turn my lights on watch tv open the garage turning my alarm on or of playing Xbox use the phone iron my close wake up going to bed use the bathroom having a bath every electronic device has a sing-nature bc hydro will have all this information on you not to mention the health risk if your close to this device for long periods of time and if you start a grow op you will be busted this is invasion of your privacy

[777bluelight]

@robinsintree Please consider making some orgonite. It is very simple, and anyone can do it, very cheap. Much less labor intensive than foil wallpaper, better results.

orgonite(dot)info

There is a lot of hoaxers, and disinfo about orgonite- best to make your own.

If you do not have the means, send me a note and I will provide the orgonite for you.

You will feel immediate relief from 1 piece of orgonite placed on/near the meter.

[kf4ypd]

Every electrical engineer cried out in horror when they read the part equating microwaves and RF emissions. And 20,000 uW = 20 mW = .02W. Lets consider for example, police radios, which typically put out 5W (handheld) or 25-50W (mobile units). Cell phones - 2W.

Now as an EE, I am not a huge fan of smart meters, mostly because they are clogging up the 900 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz frequency spectrums, but there is no danger from their RF radiation at the low levels they are limited to by law.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@kf4ypd I appreciate your position, but electrical engineers are not doctors, biologists, or epidemiologists. Biological effects are documented at non-thermal levels of radio-frequency microwave (300mhz-3.0ghz) radiation. Research not funded by the wireless industry shows effects. Precaution is called for. The FCC approved their "guidelines" without demonstrating no harm for long-term non-thermal exposures. & that is what we now have, a vast blanket of long-term, low level exposure for humans.

[kf4ypd]

@thisirradiatedlife Agree that precaution is a good idea. We do need more information on the long term effects of such devices, but I think the focus should be on some of the higher power transmitters we use daily, such as cell phones, these smart meters put out about 1/100th as much power as a GSM handset, and transmit only intermittently, rather than the constant emission of a cell phone in use.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@kf4ypd I both agree that, yes, people need to understand and use cell phones with greater care--and yet disagree, or I wouldn't be spending my time doing these videos. You might also find more reason for concern if you knew personally people who have been made sick by having one of these devices on their home. As for their power, a Silver Springs Network exec recently was made to admit publicly that the 1w power was actually boosted to almost 2w by the 3db antenna in their model... [cont'd]

[thisirradiatedlife]

@thisirradiatedlife [cont'd] ... putting them over the FCC limit for EDP for a device using an unlicensed frequency, and NOT 1/100th of a handset. This admission happened at the CPUC "workshop" on the opt-out, San Francisco, and can be seen buried deep in the videos of the event, here eon3emfblog[dot]net/?p=3520 . The peak power density of the pulses is not acknowledged, and neither are the rates at which they pulse. I have field data, not propaganda.

[matsutakneatche]

@kf4ypd you say we need? we already have, listen to Dr. Bill Deagle, he has ALL the information, and NONE of it is spevulative. They ARE harmful, period.

[ella5024]

@kf4ypd I am very sensitive to microwaves, and just being around a cell phone makes me feel sick. I can't be around WiFi, either.

[matsutakneatche]

@kf4ypd enjoy your cancer.

[amommamust]

@kf4ypd Mr. EE, there is this thing I call the "professional blind spot." Most of us have learned to question EVERYTHING the media and government tell us, and even realize much of what the schools spew is nonsense. It takes a lot to realize our OWN expertise was fed to us by people with an agenda. Now that you have THEIR education on EE, perhaps you should take it upon yourself to learn what they did NOT teach you. Seriously, did they cover Tesla adequately? No. Probably barely mentioned him.

[my05hammer]

@kf4ypd These meters are spying on my energy consumption by giving out 24hr details of when and how much power I use. It equates to illegal search and seizure. I will take this one further and prophecy that in the future your electrical devices you purchase will have little micro chips in them that will relay to the smart meter the type of device it is, who made it, who owns it and when it is being used. This technology already exists. Do a search for "DeviceNet". Can you say Big Brother?

[kg4bga]

@kf4ypd I am not to worrid about the 900 mhz band. I stay around 75/80 meters. I wounder about the way people say their power bill goes up 40 to 50 % after the inttalition of the new meter.

[kf4ypd]

@kg4bga Lol yeah, you won't find me anywhere below 40 meters until we get some longer wire up in the trees here. It is true the power cos are using these to charge people more on average. The "peak" use charges during the day really add up, but that's a whole different issue from the "health concerns". No worries yet though, Duke hasn't started buying these yet.

[kg4bga]

@kf4ypd I hate to say but yea they are. I work for Pike Electric in charlotte. I live in stanley. I have one in my building Duke is going to put everyone on the new meter.

[kf4ypd]

@kg4bga Well dang. The only way to win now is a solar farm or windmill in your back yard. Sure the neighbors will love that as much as the tower and beams.

[Veikra]

@kg4bga This happens worldwide. Lots of case in Ontario, Canada . And those they want to put in Quebec don't have readout of usage on them.

[djk4tt]

i just saw your video from facebook (b/c jason replied to it) and i must say this has got me worried a bit... most of all b/c emf radiation is invisible to our naked eye... i'm glad you found a quick and simple solution to the problem, but you should also take action with your town/state board regarding it. clearly explain the short+long term side effects of emf radiation and how cheaply these future problems could be resolved... period ;)

[Nightlight35]

Does it matter which side of the foil you use?

Also interesting is that they use foils for coil shielding.

[deschepper]

Sweet. You prove that the radiation is so weak that it is stopped by tin foil (the later clicks are bigger because the meter starts cranking up the volume when it realizes it's been shielded). That means it will not penetrate skin. If you're concerned about the damage that is done to your skin by radiation, you'll be better served by wearing SPF 50 every day, rain or shine.

[3223karmatime]

i'm going to put tin foil on my smart meter right now thanks !

[Raigethefury]

Okay I have to laugh... but you basically gave it a tin foil hat. Good job!

[TheRiceowlex]

@Raigethefury 50 years ago cancer was nearly non existent, medical interns would literally have to travel cross country to see a child afflicted with cancer. Now 50% of people will contract cancer at some point in their lives, children are afflicted at nearly the same rate. Diabetes also nearly non existent 50 years ago is flying off the charts in 2011. EMF, radar and microwaves CAUSE CANCER.

The problem is now everything is a Goddamned funny sitcom to the apathetic, ignorant, lazy public

[mvfaraday]

thats a sexy meter

[timmytimmy64]

If the "Smart Meters" RF or Pulse Output is for data-reading of the meter only and not for; (1)Snooping or Transmission of unknown/unauthorized audio signals from Dwelling propery land and/or individuals (2) Making capable of shuting Power/Enengy off to property and/or dwelling by means of; NAN, WAN, LAN, Internet, Cellular or other means then this sounds Ok and  then we should relocate the meters to a higher or farther safer distance!

[sidiggy1]

And how does this compare to a cell phone? Or an I-phone downloading a video?

[movitmovit]

@sidiggy1 in radiation levels or in freedom of choice? as far as radiation goes, cell phone is higher. a person who considers themself to be RF sensitive has the choice not to buy a cell or to walk away from someone who is using one. in some examples, people will have these smart meters installed on the other side of the wall from where their heads sleep at night. they will not have any say in the matter. if they object, their power will be cut off. guinea pigs.

[italianpolitics]

genocide?

[xtofury]

I have every right to be free of this excessive privacy invasion and people's electromagnetic pollution. Guess here is one other thing humans can do to piss in their own cup of gin to water it down with.

[edbygully]

I believe you are all worried about nothing. the meter man can use his reciever to get a reading from the meter and not enter your yard, This is so if you have a dog or anything he shouldn't see (disrupt your privacy in your yard he can do his job and get the reading). Also like one gentleman mentioned the signal is weak go to 8 meters or so.

[flpuma]

Pure alarmist garbage. This is nothing to be concerned about, the unshielded levels are not a threat to halth. If this person is so concerned about rf exposure, stop talking on his/her cell phone.

[ehrinmeijer]

So i've been trying to research some of the smart meter stuff on the web, and saw that you're using an hf-35c. looked that up and noticed it doesn't measure above 1999μW/m2, right? Confirmed that on 2 different sites selling the device?

If i'm right, then the number you show on your device isn't significant at all...i saw another guy with a gauge of 1949μW/m2. still low.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@ehrinmeijer Thanks for the comment. I have one attenuator on this HF analyzer. Changes sensitivity by factor of 100. Add two zeros to the readout. I.E. "030" actually is 3,000 µW/m2.

[arjunus]

With the folie the signals now go intou the house. It's reflex the signals.

[HarrisOrgone]

A woman who studies with the Bau Biologie suggested we wrap our meter in foil, so we did. I don't have a meter sensitive enough to test it (just a cheap Dr. Gauss), but it feels better. There hasn't been any disruption with our bills -- they're the same. We've had the foil since April. Thank you for the video.

[bladedspokes]

20mW/m^2 is nothing compared to what you get from your cell phone.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@bladedspokes Hey, you are SO right---cell-phones knock these radiation numbers out of the water.

So I guess that makes it all right for the utility to put 'smart' meters on everyone's house...?

[bladedspokes]

@thisirradiatedlife The tin foil being used in the video would be much better used making your tin foil hat, since it would block both the cell phone AND the smart meter signals (both of which are completely harmless to you)

[DABIGRAGU1]

@bladedspokes Independent environmental EMF consultants have found that peak pulses are far greater in intensity than the “average pulse” that many utility companies claim—sometimes up to 1000 times more powerful than a cell phone.(1) Because of the skewed and inaccurate way in which they figure the number of pulses per minutes, their figures of an “average” pulse is greatly reduced. What if the power company decides to put a "collector" meter on your home? 825MHZ GSM to communicate with towers

[DABIGRAGU1]

@DABIGRAGU1 cont. The power companies know who has collector meters, but they will never tell a customer if they have a collector meter. The collector meters take anywhere from 5 to 500 other meters data and repeat it to the cell network that is tied to the central controller. They put out at least 10 times the radiation as a regular smart meter. Pulsing into your home several times daily. Microwave IS “RF” (Radio Frequency). “Microwave” is a section of the non-ionizing RF band. We being nuked!

[bladedspokes]

@DABIGRAGU1 That makes no sense, since smart meters use the same radio chipsets as cellular phones... economy of scale, and all. This is all a bunch of alarmist hype that has no basis in fact or reality. I hope your tin foil hat is comfortable.

[DABIGRAGU1]

@bladedspokes Who has their cell phone taped to their head 24/7? If they should, is this not a choice made by the individual? There's also really no reason to employ Alinsky tactics (your foil hat comment) other than to prove you could just be a tool, is there. Why are you here? Civic duty?

[DABIGRAGU1]

Listen to what a Harvard Medical Doctor says concerning Smart Meters:

/watch?v=n7L21XOC2wA 

[rick121x]

The foil just reflects the signal back inside the building. I don't think this will be much help, for if the signal is absent, they will just come to install another meter and finding the foil will have made a very easy service call. One clear signal when the foil is removed and your electricity usage total will have accumulated - and you will receive a bill for past usage. This is a no win solution.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@rick121x People need to know how to protect themselves, because regulators have abdicated the job they are supposed to do. You can't protect yourself without information. Foil shields, screening shields, those things you put in your car windshield to reflect sun shield RF.

So far, the utilities have been pretty dundered-headed. More than one wrapped meter has gone unnoticed by their system. They are huge and slow-moving, like a behemoth, and there is always vulnerabilities.

[engrconway]

If a smart meter can't get it's signal to the destination it is sending to, it will just keep sending it again, and again. This technique is about as intelligent as putting a brick in your toilet to lower water usage. You'll only increase the negligible exposure to everyone nearby. Naive hippy bullsh*t.

[thisirradiatedlife]

@engrconway This video is NOT instructions for lowering a bill or stealing electricity. These are criminal practices that I do not in any way endorse. This video's purpose is to demonstrate the radio-frequency shielding capacity of a simple piece of foil.

These meters are so strong, that if only 100th of the signal strength escapes, the data is communicated to the utility. They made them that strong because it suited them, one-size-fits all, not because it was safe for chronic human exposure.

[nikyjim]

@engrconway yea next this person will be putting tinfoil around cell phones :p

[jacmunbong]

wow.im buying some foil tomaro.i have meters on my apartment but its the data meter on the street corner drawing the signals from150 apartment meters through my apt. 24/7.im on the end.i wana jail pge so bad it hurts.feel on verge of heartattack every day all day n night

[dbootsthediva]

Thanks for uploading this

[thisirradiatedlife]

@VideoGuyNC Each source of RF has a signature SOUND to it---after hundreds of hours spent measuring them, I know the characteristics of each---WiFi, cordless phones, radar, 'smart' meters, cell phones, cell antennas, and so on. These readings were v specific to this 'smart' meter. Most WiFi units drop off to a very low levels at about 8 feet, even for a big space like a library.

my video on the Mission Library WiFi.

[MrHillDo]

A great way to protest the installation of smart meters is to cover every smart meter you can find with foil.

[VideoGuyNC]

I'm surprised there was no known WiFi in the area. Many of the large banks in my town even have WiFi.

[dbootsthediva]

@VideoGuyNC Perhaps the smart meters are or can be ued in place of erecting a WiFi tower as the meters can transmit and they can also receive signals.