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

WATCH PART TWO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzBeUeXb0Q Using Aluminum Screening

This "smart" meter is on the street, pumping out pulses at head-level, in a busy up-and-coming neighborhood called Dogpatch. Watch us cover it with foil and cut peak emissions to a tenth of the levels. A larger covering of foil would have provided greater shielding.

This is a Saturday--it is busier on the weekdays, when local businesses are operating.

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[doriandouma]

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

[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.

[4crpg]

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[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

[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 !!!

[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???

[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.

[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

[pterosapien]

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