Smart meter placement

Bassmansam · 5 Nov 2018 at 10:47

May seem like a dumb question but my gf has placed our smart meter on top of our microwave. Any potential hazards GD?

Yaayuh! · 5 Nov 2018 at 10:50

RIP OP.

robj20 · 5 Nov 2018 at 10:51

You mean the display screen. If it works no issue.

andicole0 · 5 Nov 2018 at 10:53

Nothing significant should be radiating from the microwave else you would end up cooking yourself.
Probably not an issue especially as I suspect it isn't actually a meter just the display unit.
Andi.

Admiral Huddy · 5 Nov 2018 at 11:01

andicole0 said:
Nothing significant should be radiating from the microwave else you would end up cooking yourself.

It's odd that after all this time, people have never lost the assumption that they are nuclear devices in your kitchen.

MikeTheNative · 5 Nov 2018 at 11:07

Do you like death? As that's the only outcome I can see in this situation.

413x · 5 Nov 2018 at 11:21

I think they are supposed to go on the microwave not on?

UnworthyBean · 5 Nov 2018 at 11:24

The smart meter will detect the energy coming from the microwave and likely increase your bills. Best place to put them is in the freezer.

Serious answer, it's just a receiver and won't be affected. Unless your gf is ab electrician and for some reason has installed the actual meter above the microwave.

wildman · 7 Nov 2018 at 11:59

place it in the bin............

Hyburnate · 7 Nov 2018 at 12:02

I mean, ours is connected via Wi-Fi so potentially not the best placement. The best placement will be near the meter.

Yadda · 7 Nov 2018 at 13:45

As above, if it's just the display screen (and not the meter itself) then near a microwave might not be the best place for it. It's no biggie if you do, it's just that it might not work when the microwave is, umm, microwaving.

As for the smart meter itself, it uses a SIM and sends data to the energy supplier over mobile networks. This can cause interference if you have something like a hifi nearby. For example, I had a small hifi in the same corner of the room as my smart meter and it used to pick up the beeping sounds as the meter sent its data. Often it would only last for around 20 seconds but sometimes it would go on for 5 minutes or more, which was a touch annoying to say the least