I saw this video a year ago and followed every step by step instructions it's been over a year now and I haven't seen any electric bill since they shut it off 2017
@@derekteague1314 nah my boii just straight bypass the meter into his breadboard with a copper wire to the line that goes into the meter. I can see the damn wire each time i knock on hid door its hilarious when city tells him to cut or trim the trees or grass but they never see the wire
in my country and mostly europe You can`t do it, well, you can, but you need to pay the big power company anyway every mounth because they own the right to provide us the electricity and no one else does so jeah, if you drive your house and property with solar then you still need to pay 25 % avarage of what you where paying before
This worked perfectly! But some how after a couple weeks they came and disconnected. I did disconnect the blue and white wires, so not sure how they found out. God bless! And thanks for the video, this helped us so much during a hard time. Most of us are not criminals nor do we want free electricity, but bad stuff happens financially all the time, and it can happen to anyone. I never thought I would be forced to stop working due to any heath conditions, and no one wants there kids coming home to no lights, and that’s why I say god bless you!
Irony, a cheap two bit thief says "God bless" because he can steal. I guess you also shop lift at your local Walmart or get your food at the drive through without paying for it.
Thank you sir. I could do this if absolutly nessesary as Im a ham radio operator, but most would need a third party to carry this out. It would be easier to bypass the meter & disconnect the output of the meter but not input as the power company will know its been taken offline & with thick enough wires & a suitable fuse in the live side mimicking the electricity company fuse you connect to your distribution box connections. To the electric company the meter will communicate that power is off looking as it should be if they cut you off. Surly there must be security seals that have to be broken to obtain entry to the meter, & the electric company would know & an appearance in court on the horizon. With the cost of electricity in Britain in April 2022 I have invested in a1000 watt solar panel & 100 amp control unit. I have a few large batteries & a few power inverters. Im expecting my panel tomorrow. Im working towards dumping the electricity companies.
Your video is very informative and interesting. Unfortunately, some people don't know what a latching relay is... or a shunt... or anything about safely doing this. It's nice to know that the power company will shut off your house because THEY THINK it is a good idea to leave you powerless during an emergency situation. We are all way too dependent on the utilities and grocery stores for the dangerous times we live in. I am going to rethink how I could survive during S.H.T.F. Water supply, Food supply, house heat & cool, and self protection. Thanks for the video.
100% agree great comment. Crazy story. I used to be an electrician with the international Brotherhood of electrical Union. for the US and canada. Anyway, long story short I lost my job due to complications with covid, health issues and a few other things. I was having trouble paying my electric bill. Im currently Seeking help with paying off the large balance I accrued. I'm pretty much done with all the paperwork and things should be working out soon However, even with my temporarily disabled wife awaiting surgery, not to mention she's 12 weeks pregnant! the utility company being aware of all this information, I just woke up this morning to no electric. My local utility company shut me off in the middle of the night knowing that the temperatures are below freezing this time of year where I live. They know that I need the electricity to operate my heat to stay warm and not freeze to death or freeze the water that's sitting in my pipes which maybe damaged due to freezing temperatures, my stove to cook food and eat to stay alive, my refrigerator to keep food from spoiling ( I can technically keep things outside with the temperatures but still the Sun can hit certain things and effect or spoil them and you don't necessarily want to freeze every item that you would normally keep in the refrigerator) the electric pump for my well water which is used for everything! Drinking water for the humans and animals in my home to stay hydrated and alive, showering, cleaning my home, washing dishes, washing clothing, on and on you get it. It's really unbelievable! Especially since they know that I'm in the process of obtaining some assistance through a program that will pay off my entire past due balance. But no they couldn't wait. Just shut people off from one of the most important things we have become accustomed to living in this Society we have created. Sure I could go out and live off the land, build shelter, fire, hunt fish and gather for my own food etc etc. I'm pretty good at most of these outdoor survival skills but I'm not quite ready or educated enough to survive for extended periods of time
Overall and in general I agree with most of your comments here, and it is a fact that every electric company and people who work at them that actually shut off the power to your home do not give a rat's ass about if you freeze to death star but death keep clean or whatever ect... I do not care bear heartless and they are totally and completely in the job at there and the position that they carry for a paycheck and the owners of the electric company are in the position that they are in to be Mayan there's an to have the power and say so who doesn't who does not receive electricity due to the back of their behind their bill and I do have that part because they own the company and they're really are no strict laws in effect that should be in effect to help out the citizens that trust our supposed leaders to run our country, not their country but our country, but anyhow, there are no strict laws in place, that need to be in place , in order to preserve the life of our country's citizens. Just to put it simple, they do not care and they are not forced to are they are not forced to help nor give us free anything, , we on the other hand are forced to live without the necessity that we had become accustomed to in order to sustain our lives in the members of our families lives. So sad but extremely very very TRUE. However, I do believe there is one law that isn't that in every state in the nation of America when it comes to shutting off someone's electricity due to non-payment, and that law is, there is a time period That legally has to be followed when shutting off someone's electricity service and that time. Is never before 10 a.m. and never after 1 to 2 p.m., every state does have different timing involved especially due to daylight savings times but there is a line affect it says you may not shut someone up after a certain time of the day and never on the weekend as well it must be done through Monday through Thursday or Friday and never on Saturdays never on Sundays it is a highly against the law so I don't see how you were shut off in the middle of the night that doesn't make sense to me. Just wanted to note that to you.
@@brendakoldyk1647how you do that? They just turned my power off. Due to covid I was out of work for 2 months with no pay. I'm not making no excuses but it's true.
You are a life saver. They shut us down during a winter storm in Colorado. Feet frozen, house cold as ice, I think that should be illegal, what if we had little ones or a newborn? It's not ok. Hopefully This will get us through the storm, that's all we need, not trying to get over on anyone, just simply cant not get through this storm, with covid to add to our discomfort to say the least, without the simple basic human need of heat. We owe you one. Seriously
They are in freezing weather with a newborn…You’re response is they should explain why they can’t pay the bills. Interesting, I think you seem to think you’re above them and I doubt you even have money
People should never freeze with their children regardless of what you think appropriate. Not understanding why you think they should explain anything to you..
Everyone used to have free power which is the way it should be. Electricity is naturally accumulating and is a human birth rite. Who gave them the right to “own” the power? Are we going to get billed to breathe next? Oxygen bills for how much you use. Ridiculous. Crime against humanity
Also, I wonder if you could leave the signal wire connected but with a resistor or something to, for example, cut usage in half. For educational purpoaes.
Yes you must use a resistor with lower ohms and higher tolerance. Most meters are 1-5% tolerance. Highest tolerance in a resistor is 20%. So that’s a 20% margin of error basically it’s awesome.
If you pull the plugs and break the tab, or prong then plug everything back in they may take the meter apart but all will look just as it should be. They can’t hold you accountable if they can’t prove what’s wrong.
I'm going to throw in another hack for you guys using a drill battery. If you're running on generator power and it stops making electricity but still running. Just take a couple little pieces of wire and hook to the drill battery like he did with the meter and stick it in the the electrical plug on the generator and you'll hear a click then crank it back up and have power again. They call it flashing the generator at a shop to make it sound expensive. What it actually does is when you run the generator out of gas with a load on it that takes that little bit of residual electric field in the winding that it needs to start generating power. All your doing is recharging that and closing a contact . They charge you hundreds of dollars to do this at a shop. I've had people give me good generators because of this after they already brought a new one. After hurricane Ida insurance companies paid for a lot of generators that just got flooded and I just changed the oil and gas hit it with 18 to 20 volts and good as new. God bless!! Hope this helps someone ✌️
@@HoneyBee-zh9zw it recharges the residual charge in coils just hook wires the battery to the generator plug. If you have to wrap wire to washers and slid it on the battery.
that seems good in theory, but they will get an error and send someone out to manually shut you off. Theres usually a good reason why you need your power cut off, and not paying your bills is one of them.
@@Fanta....that's not a good reason. Our tax dollars were used to install, maintain, upgrade AND repair utility infrastructure. We are essentially being double or triple taxed in addition to paying exorbitant electric or gas bills.
No choice in MD , I signed up for the opt out list and was going to pay the fee to keep my analog meter but the scumbags replaced it when I was not home even though I started to processs, then you see on the local news that the whole state was converted, now let’s talk about the “LED Black Lights “ that they used in the street lights ? 5G ? JabLuminousIndicator??? Trust NO One !!! Trust GOD
Reading the comments is better than the video! By reusing the meter, you have a laboratory certified device designed to take the voltage that also happens to seal the box against weather, critters and kids.
I am not an electrician boss a metal stud framer but . From. Seeing this video and allu trying to get is continuity on the post to connect . Well in my theory connext t the posts straight with good gauge wire
What does the signal on the blue and white wire look like on a scope? If it's just a analog ac current loop, installing a transformer to shift the data could shift your power bill.
Ok i had a neighbor that goes magnet fishing all the time. When he came home he would hang that magnet up on a hook (maybe 10 inches) beside the box. He got home one day and magnet was moved and had a big bill he had to pay for tampering with the meter but he never pooped it open.
What a bunch of bull shit!! If you take the Digital Meter off the power Co. Knows you just tampered with the unit as it sends signals over the power lines back to the power Co. How do you think they read your meter without coming out to your house... Hahahahahahahaha Oh, and the power Co. will come out and take the meter away the first time for tampering and put a cover in place of the meter and rubber boots on the terminals. Second time... Police come with the power Co. and you goto JAIL!! So don't listen to these fools making these stupid video's on by-passing the meters to steal power!!
I actually own my meter (right out bought it from the power company) and I have modified it to shut the mains power OFF during the day while running off solar and turn ON mains power at night when the solar input current drops below an unusable state via a mercury contactor. I can over ride the system with a 3 position keyed switch too if I need mains during the day for running the central A/C if weather is not good for solar use, etc. Stealing utilities is stealing utilities, the LAW does not care if there is a disaster in fact they frown upon it very much "Riding the coattails of a natural disaster to justify criminal activity" as they call it here and they hand out pretty stiff fines and jail time for it now. One thing you do not know is the power company knows if there is power on a branch and arriving to a property, IF that meter is not sending data bursts they know someone has tampered with it. The meters power is tapped before the internal contactors so disconnecting the metering leads will only alert them to inspect the meter and have police present while doing so.
Double D Ton depending on the utility, many will get police or security presence while inspecting a meter that is thought to be tampered with. Others will simply send a crew to pull the line fuse, and refuse reconnection until you pay fines and allow a full inspection.
Mark Coupe it's also because you may have people who are violent, or belligerent. It's like you may use them for evictions for the same reason. There isn't a reason to go inside the building for a disconnect in most of America.
Nah, not without probably cause and a search warrant beforehand. They wouldn't get a judge to sign for it just because your meter is off or being tampered with. They get weed growers when they're in super high usage.
Seems to me that once you have tripped it back to normal, just leave the latching wire off the control board, that wat they can’t dick with your meter or power, until they figure out that the wire “fell off” inside the meter.... just sayin👍
Latching (memory) relay inside (power-on, power-off) it remains in the last energized position - either closed contacts to enable power to your house, or open to stop power to your house.
Before it gets shut off you can replace the resistor inside the meater. That one is 100 ohm with 5% tolerance. If you lower the ohm to let’s say 50 and then raise the tolerance to 20% you would get a readout that’s around 65% less than you’re actually using. Thank me later.
I really think if there is a power cut expected to last couple hours (such as line downed by tree) I would take that opportunity to unplug the red and white wire from my meter. I'm not stealing electricity, I am removing their ability to cut my power off at their will. If we have an issue such as unpaid bill, I'm sure somehow they'll get paid, but at least they can't cut my power. Is that legal? Can I force them to keep providing utility when they don't want to? I don't know, but I use medical equipment that relies on electricity, so I'll have to find out what mood the judge is in that day in court.
JUST ASKING THIS FROM AFRICA WHY ARE PEOPLE FROM DEVELOPED WORLD SO NAIVE AND UNINFORMED LIKE THIS!!!?? EVEN IN AFRICA WE HAVE SMART METERS AND THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT!!!!!!!!
Mr. Sun .May my father God always smile on u and ur family sir . Thank u m god bless u.. I feel as I should somehow pay u for ur help boss do u. Have cash app.
How did you get past the meter lock ring ? PS; Heard some grapevine that a large coil over the UF or ground transformer might get inductance flow from the coil
Nice video, bit need to let people know that maybe the electrical company turn off power, is due to some dangerous situation, if anyone restore power in a hazard situation bad things could occur to someone, like and love this kind of video, I do understand this items, but also know thousands of people with not knowlage or communs send watch this and will attempt this things, just to think , someone will push the meter back and something pull much energy at once that could spark or push meter out or shock someone is nerve breaking, just to put this out to gain views I think very irresponsible, I could also put some ideas but knowing how many non sense peole watch this I preffer not to
Thank you for sharing this information. I would do what I have for my family as well. I am replacing an outside breaker panel that took a lightning hit so I just need to pull the meter do the work and put the meter back in and have no intention of taking the meter apart but I still think it is good information to know. Your awesome!
You had better read his disclaimer and think carefully! My neighbor did this and had to go to court with a lawyer (over $10,000 cost in the end) to get his power turned back on. They can refuse to supply you power if you are caught tampering with the meter.
Hahaha! - you could sue them for endangering your elders easily and usually they owe more than 10k by now - they are in your property. By the way, it’s free energy by Tesla and it’s been proven and hidden from us - so they owe people lotsa $$$.
I've had to do similar, when in the case of a hateful divorce, where a guy just left and had the electric turned off to the house with his wife and kids still stranded there...It would be days before the name changes, monies owed and billing were corrected...I did not know the blue and white wire were communication to the power company...Now I do...I hope never to have to use this information, but I'm glad I have it and my thanks to the gent that made it.
I hate our smart meter- called the power co to ‘opt out’ and pay for analog and that is not an option here. I really wish they were mandated to offer it. Tired of headaches.
I opted out of it too, but they installed it anyways. So now im saving up to get a solar powered system to go off grid. im going to starve them by getting TF off the grid.
It’s just a CT meter. The actual amperage does not run through the circuitry. It just reads a fraction of the current and multiplies it to reflect the actual current.
I don't mean any disrespect, but it isn't complicated to hook up your own generator. Also with your own generator, there are no legal implications in breaking into the power company's property, which is what the power meter is. Avoid the emergency situation by being prepared with a generator and fuel.
If you get caught stealing electricity the power company will actually cut the main power cable coming to the meter,good luck fixing that cheap & easy.
Depends, I work for the electric company and catch people stealing power regularly. Nothing ever happens just a slap on the wrist and a note to their file.
Easy fix, get up to the cut wire wear voltage rated gloves, insulated tools, a couple of split bolts, a roll of rubber tape and an roll of super 33. Carefully strip insulation back from the 2 hot wires( the one without a jacket is the neutral wire and is usually not cut) the wires coming from the pole are still live, do not let them touch each other, touch the bare neutral or touch you except where your insulated gloves are covering. Use a split bolt to connect one set, wrap with rubber tape and the super 33 over that. Repeat for the other wire
My parents tenants did this for years so they cut the power in the street and in order for my parents to rent the place out they had to pay the 10000 dollar bill and pay to have the wires attached. Landlord gets stuck with the bill
Does the power company know u turned it on. I live very rural. My phone won't work to call them. Can i count on them coming to fix stuff or do i have to get somewhere to call. I'm afraid of electricity.
There is a pricey tampering fee if you're caught plus the power company will disconnect your power at the transformer until the tampering fee and kwh power usage is paid in full.
David Chan You have a choice to use their service or not, you can’t go to the grocery store and get your belly full, then leave and not pay for the food you ate. The same principle here, if you don’t want to pay for it , then don’t use it. The pole, service wires, and meter are all properties of the utility and most have an easement shown on you deed. This means they have access to their property while it is on your property. Buy yourself a solar panel or windmill!
A locked gate will delay action. However they still know there tampering. They will post your house with notice for access. If no response, service is disconnected at pole/transformer. Those days of tampering and getting away with it are over. Electricity is not cheap anymore.
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I will tell you all this. Years ago, I had a falling out with my other. Electric got cut and had a young boy. This was back around 2011. This is the most frightening thing you can do, to go pull a meter and manually get it back on. At least I have electricity knowledge, but I would never try it again. It's absolutely stupid,and one wrong move and your dead. If I were to hack one of these, I would get a sdr or Wireshark and capture the wifi signal, then with some coding and packet injection send it a sandwich if you know what I'm saying. Don't bother doing this today 2024. You'll have the police at the door.
If they have the ability to shut off power to your meter through their office sitting behind a computer.. Then they have the ability to add $0.10 to your meter bill without you knowing.. But when you have millions of customers.. That petty $0.10 adds up very quickly
hmmm.. a wireless signal from the electric company?? sounds okay.. but last time I checked, wireless signals didn't go 2500 miles or through steel, 1000's of tree's , or the shield I put over the meter.. lol that thing when the power goes out in a emergency you can just plug it back in and it works thing is hilarious..
Newer meters now have Anti tamper trip switches installed, Usually 2-3 pins at the fixture points so it will send a signal to the company if you even take em off. The large capacitors in there are designed to give the unit power if disconnected so it can still send and receive its parameters over cell data connection. tampering with em is a bad idea. Looks like these Older models were flawed. and easy to Exploit lol
Great video so I just bought a house from 1950's the service is coming underground is there a way to tell what size wire is coming in without pulling the meter? Right now I have 100 amp but want to upgrade to 200amp. Thanks Luba
Everyone calls them power lines, or hot kind of funny when they're really TRANSMISSION LINES, sorry , been watching a lot about tesla and eather and wondering how much we really probably don't know about (aka) POWER... not being a 51 yr old smart ass just pissed off a little...just sayin
No. They’re not. Transmission lines run from source to substation. They’re actually called distribution lines. Or transmitted distribution lines if that makes you happy. And trust me there’s plenty of us out here that know about power. A UA-cam video about Tesla’s theory’s and practices that we don’t even use can’t even begin to get you started. Look up faraday. I’m a lineman btw for duke energy.
DUH.....Car battery jumper cables are a lot easier...if its truly an emergency. Oh and forget about the rain, the connections are far enough apart at 240v nothing is going to short out. Depending on your cables, if the clamps are too big make some stabs and plug them in to the socket to extend for the clamps to grab. As soon as you unplug the meter it transmits "tamper'...they'll be at your door soon enough...LOL
I did this to my meter because we were moving and my wife mistakenly scheduled our power shut off way to early and the power company would not restore it til we actually moved out i had it on for about 2 weeks with no issues and put it back to how it was supposed to be when we moved out
Is there any way that they can tell that the blue and white wires, which send the signal to tell the company the exact amount of usage passing through the meter, is there any way they can receive a troubleshooting signal telling them that something is wrong
Sorry to tell you that the meter has a mercury tamper switch in it. Jiggle it, the company knows immediately, also, with the smart meter, the millisecond that that made her loses power, the company is notified electronically instantly, and it generates an inspection notice.Then you will be caught,, you get disconnected at the pole then, after you pay a bigger reconnect fee after you have inspections done by the local electrical inspector. You could also be prosecuted for “theft of service “ It’s not cheaper to run a generator at home when your power shut off either. Your generator will probably use between eight and 12 gallons of gasoline a day. So let’s say 10 gallons a day. Let’s just say four dollars a gallon, 10 gallons equals $40 a day, $280 for a week of running a generator disturbing the whole neighborhood. There will always be people that put more effort into avoiding work, than if they simply would just go to work, to make the money, to pay your electric bill, to live like a normal person.
I agree with most of your comment, but I work at a power company, these meters do not have mercury tamper switches. Everyone stopped using mercury decades ago. The meters call home about every 2 minutes and depending on the power companies programming and alerts, they may or may not notice. If they don't, it's because they are busy or didn't setup up the programming properly. The benefits to the power company of these meters, is they can change your effective rates several times a day or even per hour if needed if the market changes. They're not locked into one fixed price. This way when the market changes they are free to pass the cheaper or more expensive prices on to the customer. One additional thing about these is the punitive effects, they punish the customer for usage during peak periods like early morning and late in the day when everyone gets home from work when electricity rates are typically highest. Electricity pass the costs on to the customers and say "you have more control over your bill" - well sorta. What they don't mention is the $3500 each customer must pay for over time - this is also passed on to the customer and that part of why our electric bill costs has gone up so much. That little circuit board with a network card and mini computer cost a lot, but it shouldn't cost that much. One thing is for sure however, they will record the events in a data log, send it to the power company for future reference and/or prosecution.
why not make circuit for remotely control signals. to be able connect or disconnect those cables without opening it up and circuit can be made small enough to hide inside it and even they open the case they could not see it right away
David Eggleston it actually does leave some evidence in the circuit sensors. They can read the load total, so they know someone was illegally connected. Often they are installing sub circuit level monitoring which will isolate it further, and also helps trace faults.
@motard126 even when the power goes out? They really must be some smart meters to report back in the middle of a multiple day hurricane! Also if you were to disconnect the line input and load output wires from the amp meter sensors on the main relay as suggested they would only be able to tell by the time difference and lack of power used, they can't charge you based solely on the fact your meter didn't report as directed and the meter can't store or report what it doesn't know is happening right inside itself. It's a machine built by regular people out of regular parts. The tech inside a "smart" meter is really just basic ac/dc electrical theory with integrated circuits that have been around over a decade and some the same as they were half a century ago.
Yes he is Doing this correct it’s easy as fuck to do it but I would not recommend doing it if you don’t know how to do it cause it’s dangerous but there is also a transmitter wire that needs to be disconnected I had someone pay me and I did it for them and going 2 years strong with no issues
Yes, the smart miter emit a low level radiation that "could" cause a physical problem. However cell phones emit seriously more intense radiation next to our head; also do the in-home wireless phones, WiFi computers routers and blue tooth devises. and we learn to accept and live with them. ......Hmmmmm!!!! Why target the least problematic of all these devises, all of them are a problem that in the sum are just too much energy our body is absorbing every day. Just think about is add all your devises and add all the energy they emit simultaneously. WOW several watts all day long. in the home and office.
Instead of all those machinations to restore power,why not just engage the fallback mechanical lever on meters backside? Also, with meter out and apart u r not immune from a nasty shock from one of the high cap capacitors on the main bd. So be very careful what u touch.as to the comment by another viewer about bridgeing the contacts, if ur meter doesn't chk. In every 60 min. With the network pg and e will get an alert and investigate why. Smart guys designed this smart meter with cheaters in mind don't forget.this doesn't make it undefeatable but it makes it much harder.anything can be defeated given enough resources and time but u only need to defeat the 99% to win. TY
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That would be too easy and wouldn't make a good UA-cam video. Tat Sun and Anonymous, it's not dangerous if it's done right. You don't use jumper cables.
Micah Watson, Can cause fire 90% of the time if you don't know what your doing. Ive seen ppl get f*cked just by touching a meter with out discharging it.
Only a little bit risky. Just take 2 copper or brass bars and push them into the meter connectors. Just don't short to the meter box! (pole fuse is probably 400A) A pair of lineman's gloves would help of course!. The big risk is how much you will be fined when the power company finds out. Best to just pay your electric bill on time so they don't shut you off.
O,S, those fu@@! Power companies are crooks I had a $800.00 bill for for a 3 bedroom house and and a friend had a bill for $159.00 for a non profit coop power service for a 6 bedroom all electric home?
@@sermexflomex1423 my smart meter didn't save me money, the LED lighting and window units did. You can calculate power usage and compare with your bill. It won't be much different in what type of meter you have. Most opt out programs charge a meter read fee. Where I live it's an extra 25 dollars a month to have an analog meter.
The power company is not responsible for the fucked up condition of YOUR home/appliances/electrical infrastructure you absolute dipshit. I do this for a fucking living and EVERY time it's because some appliance has gone nuts and is sucking power 24/7 and you idiots ALWAYS immediately resort to yelling at some poor lady behind a desk who has nothing to do with it UNTIL I COME OUT THERE AND PROVE IT IN FRONT OF YOUR STUPID FUCKIN ASS.
Companies can manipulate the meters. Does anyone consider that smart meter allows the power company to speed up your meter! That is why alot of people are saying that smart meters are reading more or faster. Someone should prove that.
I can understand why you have a personal stake in showing this, since your grand parents house was restored. I would strongly recommend you talk to a lawyer about this video however, since I feel people will use this information to steal power. Perhaps I can help by informing would be thieves that while this method may well work, a completely dead signal is a sure sign that something is wrong. Also, if you are trying to fake a a trickle it won't work. While I am not a papered academic in computer science, even I could code a routine that would ferret out this sort of theivery. Finally, I do want to thank the author of this video since this is invaluable information in an emergency, I am just worried the author could face action for posting it.
That's a stretch. He clearly states he does not encourage or condone theft of services. He is merely showing how one aspect of one particular meter model works. You can get the same info by googling your meter make and model and getting the manufacturers technical manual on the meter. Their manual gives all the information on how the meter works. So if you are arguing conspiracy for this youTuber, then all manufacturers of all smart meters are similarly liable. Not.
I saw this video a year ago and followed every step by step instructions it's been over a year now and I haven't seen any electric bill since they shut it off 2017
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WOW! Did you do it exactly like this guy does?
@@derekteague1314 nah my boii just straight bypass the meter into his breadboard with a copper wire to the line that goes into the meter. I can see the damn wire each time i knock on hid door its hilarious when city tells him to cut or trim the trees or grass but they never see the wire
@@derekteague1314 breaker box*
@@YEET-yh6qc So you can bypass the meter entirely and just connect those two contacts on each side with a wire? The contacts behind the meter?
Everybody should just get off the grid and screw the power hungry power company. They are thieves.
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in my country and mostly europe You can`t do it, well, you can, but you need to pay the big power company anyway every mounth because they own the right to provide us the electricity and no one else does so jeah, if you drive your house and property with solar then you still need to pay 25 % avarage of what you where paying before
bollocks!!!!
@Seriously Unserious they will burn just mark my word. Maybe sink in the Pacific.
How are they thieves? You use energy and they charge you for it.. pretty simple.
You are a true hacker my friend this is good info.
This worked perfectly! But some how after a couple weeks they came and disconnected. I did disconnect the blue and white wires, so not sure how they found out. God bless! And thanks for the video, this helped us so much during a hard time. Most of us are not criminals nor do we want free electricity, but bad stuff happens financially all the time, and it can happen to anyone. I never thought I would be forced to stop working due to any heath conditions, and no one wants there kids coming home to no lights, and that’s why I say god bless you!
maybe the guy who cut power drove by and noticed you had lights on?
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Or a neighbor saw what you did
God bless u my brother I've been there so I know. .
Irony, a cheap two bit thief says "God bless" because he can steal. I guess you also shop lift at your local Walmart or get your food at the drive through without paying for it.
Thank you sir. I could do this if absolutly nessesary as Im a ham radio operator, but most would need a third party to carry this out. It would be easier to bypass the meter & disconnect the output of the meter but not input as the power company will know its been taken offline & with thick enough wires & a suitable fuse in the live side mimicking the electricity company fuse you connect to your distribution box connections. To the electric company the meter will communicate that power is off looking as it should be if they cut you off. Surly there must be security seals that have to be broken to obtain entry to the meter, & the electric company would know & an appearance in court on the horizon. With the cost of electricity in Britain in April 2022 I have invested in a1000 watt solar panel & 100 amp control unit. I have a few large batteries & a few power inverters. Im expecting my panel tomorrow. Im working towards dumping the electricity companies.
Your video is very informative and interesting. Unfortunately, some people don't know what a latching relay is... or a shunt... or anything about safely doing this. It's nice to know that the power company will shut off your house because THEY THINK it is a good idea to leave you powerless during an emergency situation. We are all way too dependent on the utilities and grocery stores for the dangerous times we live in. I am going to rethink how I could survive during S.H.T.F. Water supply, Food supply, house heat & cool, and self protection. Thanks for the video.
100% agree great comment. Crazy story. I used to be an electrician with the international Brotherhood of electrical Union. for the US and canada. Anyway, long story short I lost my job due to complications with covid, health issues and a few other things. I was having trouble paying my electric bill. Im currently Seeking help with paying off the large balance I accrued. I'm pretty much done with all the paperwork and things should be working out soon
However, even with my temporarily disabled wife awaiting surgery, not to mention she's 12 weeks pregnant!
the utility company being aware of all this information, I just woke up this morning to no electric. My local utility company shut me off in the middle of the night knowing that the temperatures are below freezing this time of year where I live. They know that I need the electricity to operate my heat to stay warm and not freeze to death or freeze the water that's sitting in my pipes which maybe damaged due to freezing temperatures, my stove to cook food and eat to stay alive, my refrigerator to keep food from spoiling ( I can technically keep things outside with the temperatures but still the Sun can hit certain things and effect or spoil them and you don't necessarily want to freeze every item that you would normally keep in the refrigerator) the electric pump for my well water which is used for everything! Drinking water for the humans and animals in my home to stay hydrated and alive, showering, cleaning my home, washing dishes, washing clothing, on and on you get it.
It's really unbelievable! Especially since they know that I'm in the process of obtaining some assistance through a program that will pay off my entire past due balance. But no they couldn't wait. Just shut people off from one of the most important things we have become accustomed to living in this Society we have created. Sure I could go out and live off the land, build shelter, fire, hunt fish and gather for my own food etc etc. I'm pretty good at most of these outdoor survival skills but I'm not quite ready or educated enough to survive for extended periods of time
Overall and in general I agree with most of your comments here, and it is a fact that every electric company and people who work at them that actually shut off the power to your home do not give a rat's ass about if you freeze to death star but death keep clean or whatever ect...
I do not care bear heartless and they are totally and completely in the job at there and the position that they carry for a paycheck and the owners of the electric company are in the position that they are in to be Mayan there's an to have the power and say so who doesn't who does not receive electricity due to the back of their behind their bill and I do have that part because they own the company and they're really are no strict laws in effect that should be in effect to help out the citizens that trust our supposed leaders to run our country, not their country but our country, but anyhow, there are no strict laws in place, that need to be in place , in order to preserve the life of our country's citizens. Just to put it simple, they do not care and they are not forced to are they are not forced to help nor give us free anything, , we on the other hand are forced to live without the necessity that we had become accustomed to in order to sustain our lives in the members of our families lives. So sad but extremely very very TRUE.
However, I do believe there is one law that isn't that in every state in the nation of America when it comes to shutting off someone's electricity due to non-payment, and that law is, there is a time period That legally has to be followed when shutting off someone's electricity service and that time. Is never before 10 a.m. and never after 1 to 2 p.m., every state does have different timing involved especially due to daylight savings times but there is a line affect it says you may not shut someone up after a certain time of the day and never on the weekend as well it must be done through Monday through Thursday or Friday and never on Saturdays never on Sundays it is a highly against the law so I don't see how you were shut off in the middle of the night that doesn't make sense to me.
Just wanted to note that to you.
You ever watch the movie ants. Enough said
Just put two 100 amp fuses where the meter is and call it a day.
@@brendakoldyk1647how you do that? They just turned my power off. Due to covid I was out of work for 2 months with no pay. I'm not making no excuses but it's true.
I appreciate, but you are using the wrong term. Closed is power on. Open is power Off.
How long do i have until they know thats my lights back on
@@darnellbaker618
About a minute after you reconnect the meter.
You are a life saver. They shut us down during a winter storm in Colorado. Feet frozen, house cold as ice, I think that should be illegal, what if we had little ones or a newborn? It's not ok. Hopefully This will get us through the storm, that's all we need, not trying to get over on anyone, just simply cant not get through this storm, with covid to add to our discomfort to say the least, without the simple basic human need of heat. We owe you one. Seriously
Maybe you should keep up on paying your bills, or at least explain the good reason you were cut off.
They are in freezing weather with a newborn…You’re response is they should explain why they can’t pay the bills. Interesting, I think you seem to think you’re above them and I doubt you even have money
People should never freeze with their children regardless of what you think appropriate. Not understanding why you think they should explain anything to you..
Everyone used to have free power which is the way it should be. Electricity is naturally accumulating and is a human birth rite. Who gave them the right to “own” the power? Are we going to get billed to breathe next? Oxygen bills for how much you use. Ridiculous. Crime against humanity
@@Cotronixco Suck it.
Also, I wonder if you could leave the signal wire connected but with a resistor or something to, for example, cut usage in half. For educational purpoaes.
Yes you must use a resistor with lower ohms and higher tolerance. Most meters are 1-5% tolerance. Highest tolerance in a resistor is 20%. So that’s a 20% margin of error basically it’s awesome.
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Wow, clever.
If you pull the plugs and break the tab, or prong then plug everything back in they may take the meter apart but all will look just as it should be. They can’t hold you accountable if they can’t prove what’s wrong.
Waaaaah!0
Our grandparents paid for the grid system electric should be free for everyone
Tesla told me power was free from the heavens
I'm going to throw in another hack for you guys using a drill battery. If you're running on generator power and it stops making electricity but still running. Just take a couple little pieces of wire and hook to the drill battery like he did with the meter and stick it in the the electrical plug on the generator and you'll hear a click then crank it back up and have power again. They call it flashing the generator at a shop to make it sound expensive. What it actually does is when you run the generator out of gas with a load on it that takes that little bit of residual electric field in the winding that it needs to start generating power. All your doing is recharging that and closing a contact . They charge you hundreds of dollars to do this at a shop. I've had people give me good generators because of this after they already brought a new one. After hurricane Ida insurance companies paid for a lot of generators that just got flooded and I just changed the oil and gas hit it with 18 to 20 volts and good as new. God bless!! Hope this helps someone ✌️
como puedo conectarlo a un rf
Sell them all!!!
It's actually called "flashing the fields". (I was an army generator tech)
A drill battery? But how?
@@HoneyBee-zh9zw it recharges the residual charge in coils just hook wires the battery to the generator plug. If you have to wrap wire to washers and slid it on the battery.
unplug the relay wire while you still have service then it cannot be turned off remotely.
Yea..me too
In this meter, it's the red and white. just unplug it from the circuit board
So I just have to pull that wire n they can not turn me off
that seems good in theory, but they will get an error and send someone out to manually shut you off. Theres usually a good reason why you need your power cut off, and not paying your bills is one of them.
@@Fanta....that's not a good reason. Our tax dollars were used to install, maintain, upgrade AND repair utility infrastructure. We are essentially being double or triple taxed in addition to paying exorbitant electric or gas bills.
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The new type have switched covers and know if the meter has been tampered with.
How do you mean sir?
@@solarhouse5624 Removing it alerts them
Lol, I used to jump meters all the time back in the day. Phone landlines also carry 110 volts AC and it's NEVER off as long as your on the grid.
I used to have a phone line powered charger and light was handy during black outs in south africa
I prefer the non digital ones. Those things are sturdy, reliable, and accurate.
No choice in MD , I signed up for the opt out list and was going to pay the fee to keep my analog meter but the scumbags replaced it when I was not home even though I started to processs, then you see on the local news that the whole state was converted, now let’s talk about the “LED Black Lights “ that they used in the street lights ? 5G ? JabLuminousIndicator??? Trust NO One !!! Trust GOD
Reading the comments is better than the video! By reusing the meter, you have a laboratory certified device designed to take the voltage that also happens to seal the box against weather, critters and kids.
If you're an electrician you know how to bypass the meter entirely
And when (not if) you get caught?
Right I'm like fuck dat make to jumpers in the back
I am not an electrician boss a metal stud framer but . From. Seeing this video and allu trying to get is continuity on the post to connect . Well in my theory connext t the posts straight with good gauge wire
What does the signal on the blue and white wire look like on a scope? If it's just a analog ac current loop, installing a transformer to shift the data could shift your power bill.
Red and white
Ok i had a neighbor that goes magnet fishing all the time. When he came home he would hang that magnet up on a hook (maybe 10 inches) beside the box. He got home one day and magnet was moved and had a big bill he had to pay for tampering with the meter but he never pooped it open.
What a bunch of bull shit!! If you take the Digital Meter off the power Co. Knows you just tampered with the unit as it sends signals over the power lines back to the power Co. How do you think they read your meter without coming out to your house... Hahahahahahahaha Oh, and the power Co. will come out and take the meter away the first time for tampering and put a cover in place of the meter and rubber boots on the terminals. Second time... Police come with the power Co. and you goto JAIL!! So don't listen to these fools making these stupid video's on by-passing the meters to steal power!!
I actually own my meter (right out bought it from the power company) and I have modified it to shut the mains power OFF during the day while running off solar and turn ON mains power at night when the solar input current drops below an unusable state via a mercury contactor. I can over ride the system with a 3 position keyed switch too if I need mains during the day for running the central A/C if weather is not good for solar use, etc.
Stealing utilities is stealing utilities, the LAW does not care if there is a disaster in fact they frown upon it very much "Riding the coattails of a natural disaster to justify criminal activity" as they call it here and they hand out pretty stiff fines and jail time for it now.
One thing you do not know is the power company knows if there is power on a branch and arriving to a property, IF that meter is not sending data bursts they know someone has tampered with it. The meters power is tapped before the internal contactors so disconnecting the metering leads will only alert them to inspect the meter and have police present while doing so.
Police present while doing so? I doubt it.
Double D Ton depending on the utility, many will get police or security presence while inspecting a meter that is thought to be tampered with. Others will simply send a crew to pull the line fuse, and refuse reconnection until you pay fines and allow a full inspection.
Mark Coupe it's also because you may have people who are violent, or belligerent. It's like you may use them for evictions for the same reason. There isn't a reason to go inside the building for a disconnect in most of America.
Exactly who in government abides by the law? The only people enforcing the laws are the people who have no choice but to serve the law.
Nah, not without probably cause and a search warrant beforehand. They wouldn't get a judge to sign for it just because your meter is off or being tampered with. They get weed growers when they're in super high usage.
man all one needs is a good set of jumpper cables. then you will not send out no info
johnny cool the meter notifies the power company now if it’s removed from the slot...
What do you connect them to i gotta do this rightnow!!!!! I just got shut off!!!
Seems to me that once you have tripped it back to normal, just leave the latching wire off the control board, that wat they can’t dick with your meter or power, until they figure out that the wire “fell off” inside the meter.... just sayin👍
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Latching (memory) relay inside (power-on, power-off) it remains in the last energized position - either closed contacts to enable power to your house, or open to stop power to your house.
Chris Cormier there must be a easier way where it don’t track the usage though
bash it with a hammer
Before it gets shut off you can replace the resistor inside the meater. That one is 100 ohm with 5% tolerance. If you lower the ohm to let’s say 50 and then raise the tolerance to 20% you would get a readout that’s around 65% less than you’re actually using. Thank me later.
Hello brother, how are you, how can I contact you?
7:30 You will receive free meals and light while in the county jail after tampering with the electric meter.
I really think if there is a power cut expected to last couple hours (such as line downed by tree) I would take that opportunity to unplug the red and white wire from my meter. I'm not stealing electricity, I am removing their ability to cut my power off at their will. If we have an issue such as unpaid bill, I'm sure somehow they'll get paid, but at least they can't cut my power. Is that legal? Can I force them to keep providing utility when they don't want to? I don't know, but I use medical equipment that relies on electricity, so I'll have to find out what mood the judge is in that day in court.
Will the power stay on even if they disconnect?
JUST ASKING THIS FROM AFRICA WHY ARE PEOPLE FROM DEVELOPED WORLD SO NAIVE AND UNINFORMED LIKE THIS!!!?? EVEN IN AFRICA WE HAVE SMART METERS AND THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT!!!!!!!!
No pay $$ 😆
Mr. Sun .May my father God always smile on u and ur family sir . Thank u m god bless u.. I feel as I should somehow pay u for ur help boss do u. Have cash app.
How did you get past the meter lock ring ? PS; Heard some grapevine that a large coil over the UF or ground transformer might get inductance flow from the coil
DON'T HAVE SMART METERS!!!!
why do all that? any piece of metal would do. 2 knifes for example. if its an emergency
top lugs are line side, bottom load.
Nice video, bit need to let people know that maybe the electrical company turn off power, is due to some dangerous situation, if anyone restore power in a hazard situation bad things could occur to someone, like and love this kind of video, I do understand this items, but also know thousands of people with not knowlage or communs send watch this and will attempt this things, just to think , someone will push the meter back and something pull much energy at once that could spark or push meter out or shock someone is nerve breaking, just to put this out to gain views I think very irresponsible, I could also put some ideas but knowing how many non sense peole watch this I preffer not to
Thank you for sharing this information. I would do what I have for my family as well. I am replacing an outside breaker panel that took a lightning hit so I just need to pull the meter do the work and put the meter back in and have no intention of taking the meter apart but I still think it is good information to know. Your awesome!
the meter I'm looking at only has a black and white wire only in the whole meter box what do I do about that in an emergency situation
go off grid f them solar and wind combination
Rick Smith , we are going solar next week.
Not how it works you fucking idiot.
@@michaelhaydenbell 😆
I have a Smart meter but the power company still comes out and puts rubber feet over the contacts of the meter and tags it out of service.
You had better read his disclaimer and think carefully! My neighbor did this and had to go to court with a lawyer (over $10,000 cost in the end) to get his power turned back on. They can refuse to supply you power if you are caught tampering with the meter.
Hahaha! - you could sue them for endangering your elders easily and usually they owe more than 10k by now - they are in your property. By the way, it’s free energy by Tesla and it’s been proven and hidden from us - so they owe people lotsa $$$.
@@cycleoffourths8898 Buddy .. go see the shrink.. they miss you.
Neighbor can just say it wasn't him, someone must have been stealing HIS electric!
Never good it to the main panel... Aka. setup a fake panel and move your meter to the fake panel
I've had to do similar, when in the case of a hateful divorce, where a guy just left and had the electric turned off to the house with his wife and kids still stranded there...It would be days before the name changes, monies owed and billing were corrected...I did not know the blue and white wire were communication to the power company...Now I do...I hope never to have to use this information, but I'm glad I have it and my thanks to the gent that made it.
I hate our smart meter- called the power co to ‘opt out’ and pay for analog and that is not an option here. I really wish they were mandated to offer it. Tired of headaches.
I opted out of it too, but they installed it anyways. So now im saving up to get a solar powered system to go off grid. im going to starve them by getting TF off the grid.
Smart meters do not, and cannot, give you headaches.
Don't sleep with the meter under your pillow and the headaches will go away.
@@Tb0n3 YES THEY DO!!!!!
@@starflower4544 There is no biological means for electromagnetic fields to be even noticed.
The inside of that meter looks like cheaply build ...I wouldn’t want that thing providing 220v to my home
only the black pastic back part provides electric
It has to be UL approved I believe.
It’s just a CT meter. The actual amperage does not run through the circuitry. It just reads a fraction of the current and multiplies it to reflect the actual current.
I don't mean any disrespect, but it isn't complicated to hook up your own generator. Also with your own generator, there are no legal implications in breaking into the power company's property, which is what the power meter is. Avoid the emergency situation by being prepared with a generator and fuel.
What if you can't afford a generator??
If you get caught stealing electricity the power company will actually cut the main power cable coming to the meter,good luck fixing that cheap & easy.
UniteAllTribes and if they did fix that..
Depends, I work for the electric company and catch people stealing power regularly. Nothing ever happens just a slap on the wrist and a note to their file.
Easy fix, get up to the cut wire wear voltage rated gloves, insulated tools, a couple of split bolts, a roll of rubber tape and an roll of super 33. Carefully strip insulation back from the 2 hot wires( the one without a jacket is the neutral wire and is usually not cut) the wires coming from the pole are still live, do not let them touch each other, touch the bare neutral or touch you except where your insulated gloves are covering. Use a split bolt to connect one set, wrap with rubber tape and the super 33 over that. Repeat for the other wire
My parents tenants did this for years so they cut the power in the street and in order for my parents to rent the place out they had to pay the 10000 dollar bill and pay to have the wires attached. Landlord gets stuck with the bill
@@tonydon7441 I highly doubt they had to pay 10,000. That’s horse shit. I work for the power company bub.
Does the power company know u turned it on. I live very rural. My phone won't work to call them. Can i count on them coming to fix stuff or do i have to get somewhere to call. I'm afraid of electricity.
So you wanna steal the electricity, but you wanna make sure they'll still come out to fix everything if you need help? Jesus Christ...
There is a pricey tampering fee if you're caught plus the power company will disconnect your power at the transformer until the tampering fee and kwh power usage is paid in full.
100% correct. Some companies monitor this, and those ones do know when this is done.
My family and I thank you Sir. Good Man
You can also pull the meter completely and jump the contacts with heavy wire and screw type lugs using electric rated gloves or heave welding gloves.
As soon as you pull the meter, the company knows! They will investigate it as an outage. If the teacher is a fool, so will be the pupils.
What if you put a gate around the meter and lock the gate with pad lock?
David Chan You have a choice to use their service or not, you can’t go to the grocery store and get your belly full, then leave and not pay for the food you ate. The same principle here, if you don’t want to pay for it , then don’t use it. The pole, service wires, and meter are all properties of the utility and most have an easement shown on you deed. This means they have access to their property while it is on your property. Buy yourself a solar panel or windmill!
A locked gate will delay action. However they still know there tampering. They will post your house with notice for access. If no response, service is disconnected at pole/transformer. Those days of tampering and getting away with it are over. Electricity is not cheap anymore.
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If your power has already been shut off, how would they be alerted that it's off and investigate as an outage?
I will tell you all this. Years ago, I had a falling out with my other. Electric got cut and had a young boy. This was back around 2011. This is the most frightening thing you can do, to go pull a meter and manually get it back on. At least I have electricity knowledge, but I would never try it again. It's absolutely stupid,and one wrong move and your dead.
If I were to hack one of these, I would get a sdr or Wireshark and capture the wifi signal, then with some coding and packet injection send it a sandwich if you know what I'm saying. Don't bother doing this today 2024. You'll have the police at the door.
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If they have the ability to shut off power to your meter through their office sitting behind a computer..
Then they have the ability to add $0.10 to your meter bill without you knowing..
But when you have millions of customers..
That petty $0.10 adds up very quickly
True
hmmm.. a wireless signal from the electric company?? sounds okay.. but last time I checked, wireless signals didn't go 2500 miles or through steel, 1000's of tree's , or the shield I put over the meter.. lol
that thing when the power goes out in a emergency you can just plug it back in and it works thing is hilarious..
Newer meters now have Anti tamper trip switches installed, Usually 2-3 pins at the fixture points so it will send a signal to the company if you even take em off. The large capacitors in there are designed to give the unit power if disconnected so it can still send and receive its parameters over cell data connection. tampering with em is a bad idea. Looks like these Older models were flawed. and easy to Exploit lol
Your still showing barcode on front of meter. This is trackable is it not?
It works when you hit it with the battery make sure its a fairly loud click
Great video so I just bought a house from 1950's the service is coming underground is there a way to tell what size wire is coming in without pulling the meter? Right now I have 100 amp but want to upgrade to 200amp. Thanks Luba
My loudest neighbor is going to pay the price tonight 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Everyone calls them power lines, or hot kind of funny when they're really TRANSMISSION LINES, sorry , been watching a lot about tesla and eather and wondering how much we really probably don't know about (aka) POWER... not being a 51 yr old smart ass just pissed off a little...just sayin
No. They’re not. Transmission lines run from source to substation. They’re actually called distribution lines. Or transmitted distribution lines if that makes you happy. And trust me there’s plenty of us out here that know about power. A UA-cam video about Tesla’s theory’s and practices that we don’t even use can’t even begin to get you started. Look up faraday. I’m a lineman btw for duke energy.
open ..contacts disconnect..wait can you explain that again...geezus
The circuit is open when there's no contuinuity and closed when there is.. You used both closed and open to describe the same state
DUH.....Car battery jumper cables are a lot easier...if its truly an emergency. Oh and forget about the rain, the connections are far enough apart at 240v nothing is going to short out. Depending on your cables, if the clamps are too big make some stabs and plug them in to the socket to extend for the clamps to grab. As soon as you unplug the meter it transmits "tamper'...they'll be at your door soon enough...LOL
Can you explain a little more.
just push the button on the front right side thes in a triangle and it will close the circuit
I did this to my meter because we were moving and my wife mistakenly scheduled our power shut off way to early and the power company would not restore it til we actually moved out i had it on for about 2 weeks with no issues and put it back to how it was supposed to be when we moved out
Is there any way that they can tell that the blue and white wires, which send the signal to tell the company the exact amount of usage passing through the meter, is there any way they can receive a troubleshooting signal telling them that something is wrong
This is one hundred percent bullshit. Where, in that tiny little plastic box, is there a 100Amp contactor? Actually 2, or 3?
Do you need to jump the blue and white terminals? I feel like they would know somehow that it was disconnected
Why not just bypass it? I don`t know how it is in the US, but here in Germany really noboady cares about the seal/meter tag...
Why don't you just jumper the line to load and safe off the meter, put back on
How
Sorry to tell you that the meter has a mercury tamper switch in it. Jiggle it, the company knows immediately, also, with the smart meter, the millisecond that that made her loses power, the company is notified electronically instantly, and it generates an inspection notice.Then you will be caught,, you get disconnected at the pole then, after you pay a bigger reconnect fee after you have inspections done by the local electrical inspector. You could also be prosecuted for “theft of service “
It’s not cheaper to run a generator at home when your power shut off either. Your generator will probably use between eight and 12 gallons of gasoline a day. So let’s say 10 gallons a day. Let’s just say four dollars a gallon, 10 gallons equals $40 a day, $280 for a week of running a generator disturbing the whole neighborhood.
There will always be people that put more effort into avoiding work, than if they simply would just go to work, to make the money, to pay your electric bill, to live like a normal person.
I agree with most of your comment, but I work at a power company, these meters do not have mercury tamper switches. Everyone stopped using mercury decades ago. The meters call home about every 2 minutes and depending on the power companies programming and alerts, they may or may not notice. If they don't, it's because they are busy or didn't setup up the programming properly. The benefits to the power company of these meters, is they can change your effective rates several times a day or even per hour if needed if the market changes. They're not locked into one fixed price. This way when the market changes they are free to pass the cheaper or more expensive prices on to the customer. One additional thing about these is the punitive effects, they punish the customer for usage during peak periods like early morning and late in the day when everyone gets home from work when electricity rates are typically highest. Electricity pass the costs on to the customers and say "you have more control over your bill" - well sorta. What they don't mention is the $3500 each customer must pay for over time - this is also passed on to the customer and that part of why our electric bill costs has gone up so much. That little circuit board with a network card and mini computer cost a lot, but it shouldn't cost that much. One thing is for sure however, they will record the events in a data log, send it to the power company for future reference and/or prosecution.
why not make circuit for remotely control signals. to be able connect or disconnect those cables without opening it up and circuit can be made small enough to hide inside it and even they open the case they could not see it right away
That leaves full evidence the meter is tampered with. Gloved work and recconnect after emergency is over leaves no evidence behind.
David Eggleston it actually does leave some evidence in the circuit sensors. They can read the load total, so they know someone was illegally connected. Often they are installing sub circuit level monitoring which will isolate it further, and also helps trace faults.
@motard126 even when the power goes out? They really must be some smart meters to report back in the middle of a multiple day hurricane! Also if you were to disconnect the line input and load output wires from the amp meter sensors on the main relay as suggested they would only be able to tell by the time difference and lack of power used, they can't charge you based solely on the fact your meter didn't report as directed and the meter can't store or report what it doesn't know is happening right inside itself. It's a machine built by regular people out of regular parts. The tech inside a "smart" meter is really just basic ac/dc electrical theory with integrated circuits that have been around over a decade and some the same as they were half a century ago.
Would this work with a car battery if you don;t have one of those rechargeable ones?
Does the digital meter have to propose it where you can fall off
*I have long found an easy way to stop the electricity meter using a piece of wire*
Домашние Самоделки How do I do this with the wire n jumpers
Connect the input and output phase with a jumper. I made a video on my channel
On his channel [Домашние Самоделки] there is this video
Here is the video link: ua-cam.com/video/e7_DED7-ANI/v-deo.html
Thank you for helping me save money on electricity. thank you very much for the video on your channel
Yes he is Doing this correct it’s easy as fuck to do it but I would not recommend doing it if you don’t know how to do it cause it’s dangerous but there is also a transmitter wire that needs to be disconnected I had someone pay me and I did it for them and going 2 years strong with no issues
Not worth going to jail unfortunately...
I’ll take my chances
I have a smart meter for city water thats it still have a 1990's gas meter!! Yup they arent touching it!!
Yes, the smart miter emit a low level radiation that "could" cause a physical problem. However cell phones emit seriously more intense radiation next to our head; also do the in-home wireless phones, WiFi computers routers and blue tooth devises. and we learn to accept and live with them. ......Hmmmmm!!!! Why target the least problematic of all these devises, all of them are a problem that in the sum are just too much energy our body is absorbing every day. Just think about is add all your devises and add all the energy they emit simultaneously. WOW several watts all day long. in the home and office.
And then your shut off and charged with stolen property
jump the meter lugs. simple
Why you wearing gloves? Do you bite your nails or you jest shy?
Mine exploded with no effects happening to it,,heard a boom n a hiss
Instead of all those machinations to restore power,why not just engage the fallback mechanical lever on meters backside? Also, with meter out and apart u r not immune from a nasty shock from one of the high cap capacitors on the main bd. So be very careful what u touch.as to the comment by another viewer about bridgeing the contacts, if ur meter doesn't chk. In every 60 min. With the network pg and e will get an alert and investigate why. Smart guys designed this smart meter with cheaters in mind don't forget.this doesn't make it undefeatable but it makes it much harder.anything can be defeated given enough resources and time but u only need to defeat the 99% to win. TY
all right.
JUST USE THE MANUAL SWITCH ON THE BACK OF THE METER TO RESET IT. NO NEED TO TAKE IT APART .
Or jumper cables.
Where's the manual switch brother
In any emergency if power goes out, I just start up my petroleum powered generator :-0)
Some "solar" folks don't even have to do that.
What is the RF frequency they use on their meters
Transmit power for the 902 - 928 MHz band
Frequency hopping EIRP > 50 channels: +38dBm
Digital spread EIRP +36.dBm
Other EIRP -1.23 dBm
ALL measuring shall be done with detector using a CISPR quasi peak detector.
Welcome to the FBI watchlist, thanks UA-cam recommandations.
Hello Matt, last time i checked information is protected by the constitution. Good day too.
😂!
Could you "slow" the meter by installing a resistor in the blue wire? Just an idea.
i always wanted someone to try that,or i put both legs through 1 magnet only [these new ones i think use 2 magnets one each per side]
@@carribeanplans6651 I dont understand
Very good video ty very much! For emergency purposes its A+ and you sir rock!
If you have taken the meter off, why not just put a jumper across the house terminals?
Extremely dangerous. Good way to kill a neighbor's curious kid or yourself.
That would be too easy and wouldn't make a good UA-cam video. Tat Sun and Anonymous, it's not dangerous if it's done right. You don't use jumper cables.
Micah Watson, Can cause fire 90% of the time if you don't know what your doing. Ive seen ppl get f*cked just by touching a meter with out discharging it.
Micah Watson that's dangerous af
Only a little bit risky. Just take 2 copper or brass bars and push them into the meter connectors.
Just don't short to the meter box! (pole fuse is probably 400A) A pair of lineman's gloves would help of course!.
The big risk is how much you will be fined when the power company finds out. Best to just pay your electric bill on time so they don't shut you off.
O,S, those fu@@! Power companies are crooks I had a $800.00 bill for for a 3 bedroom house and and a friend had a bill for $159.00 for a non profit coop power service for a 6 bedroom all electric home?
Sounds like you need a smart meter they are more accurate than analog meters
@@sermexflomex1423 my smart meter didn't save me money, the LED lighting and window units did. You can calculate power usage and compare with your bill. It won't be much different in what type of meter you have. Most opt out programs charge a meter read fee. Where I live it's an extra 25 dollars a month to have an analog meter.
You have a leak somewhere.
The power company is not responsible for the fucked up condition of YOUR home/appliances/electrical infrastructure you absolute dipshit. I do this for a fucking living and EVERY time it's because some appliance has gone nuts and is sucking power 24/7 and you idiots ALWAYS immediately resort to yelling at some poor lady behind a desk who has nothing to do with it UNTIL I COME OUT THERE AND PROVE IT IN FRONT OF YOUR STUPID FUCKIN ASS.
I am blown away by the amount of ignorance and misinformation on here regarding how yall think this shit works, oh my dear God...
Companies can manipulate the meters. Does anyone consider that smart meter allows the power company to speed up your meter! That is why alot of people are saying that smart meters are reading more or faster. Someone should prove that.
Thanks good info to know ! Take care! Peace ✌️ from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
This is illegal and DANGEROUS. They will know it has been played wth.
I can understand why you have a personal stake in showing this, since your grand parents house was restored. I would strongly recommend you talk to a lawyer about this video however, since I feel people will use this information to steal power. Perhaps I can help by informing would be thieves that while this method may well work, a completely dead signal is a sure sign that something is wrong. Also, if you are trying to fake a a trickle it won't work. While I am not a papered academic in computer science, even I could code a routine that would ferret out this sort of theivery. Finally, I do want to thank the author of this video since this is invaluable information in an emergency, I am just worried the author could face action for posting it.
That's a stretch. He clearly states he does not encourage or condone theft of services. He is merely showing how one aspect of one particular meter model works. You can get the same info by googling your meter make and model and getting the manufacturers technical manual on the meter. Their manual gives all the information on how the meter works. So if you are arguing conspiracy for this youTuber, then all manufacturers of all smart meters are similarly liable. Not.
Technically that would give the power companies tons of new money from fines and what not. Sure they won't mind.
Nice video! Thank you for sharing.