Hey buddy.
Its a great idea to prep for a power outage.
Im in Sydney , I had my mate who's a leko over the other day doing some work while downing a case lol he only got nipped twice by the working with live current. He said watch out for the smart meters. They are coming around without permission and replacing the old meters with smart meters. He recons they arnt allowed to do it without permission but once fitted you cant go back. He said drill a hole in the board and put a chain on it and a sign inside the box saying do not alter this board. Apparently you own the board and they have not right to touch it if you specify dont touch it.
He also want to hook me up with a system that legally feeds the grid and turns the meter backward , but he was well pissed by then and not sure it would be that legal.
Take care , keep prepping
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Hey, Im in vic and have been through this smart meter bs. Cut a window in the door of the meter box and glue a perspex window in. Lock the box and print the do not install sign from "no smart meters' and stick it on the front.
They will try and intimidate you but eventually they will give up. I also wrote letters to the ceo at sp ausnet. They eventually put us on the do not install list.
The power company is under instruction to make their best effort to get them installed, but it is only a "code"that THEY have to follow. Not us. We just have to make it accessible, and mine is, they dont need to open the box.
Good on you.
Once you have one your stuffed.
Hi @marky, I can tell you're Aussie from the term "leko" 😂 I would have also accepted "sparky".
Rules may differ between states but I'd thought that the meter box was required to be unobstructed.
Yes it has to be unobstructed for the meter reader to open it . But inside usually has a timber board on a hindge that when pulled gains access to the rear of the board. You can lock shut that hindged board so no one can gain access to the rear of the board in order to change the meter. Also a sign instructing no unathorised work to be done without owners permission
Ah got ya. Thanks for the tip 👍