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Old 07-08-2012, 06:13 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Let's take that "small amount of grid power," shall we? How much power do you think the smart meter there consumes? 30 W? Seems reasonable, right?
30W does not seem reasonable to me. Where did you get that number? I would expect somewhere closer to 1W, or not much more than a mechanical meter.
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