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Had an innocent meeting with a MAJOR electricity provider I used to be involved with some time in the distant past.
The following is in FL...but he stated this practice is SPREADING country wide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFWD:
Dude says:
We now do mobile "heat scans".
I ask:
What are you talking about?
He says:
We now have infrared cams mounted in very "un-suspicious" locations.
Me:
Why "un-suspicios"?
Him:
So no one is warned.
Me:
Oh?
Him:
Yeah...like in the back of vans & truck beds.
Me:
What's the scoop?
Him:
If we get a hint (I asked...and he stated automated hints AND
) of unusual high usage (he did specify certain thresholds but which vary and are calculated based on square footage of the location in question, pool or not, AC or not, age of home etc.) we do "HEAT SCANS" of transformers in "the area" in question.
A transformer is the thing on top of the power pole right before the cable runs to your house or what ever other location you might be using legally or not, paying your bill or not.
That transformer basically has a coil and mineral oil in it tranforming high voltage down to a level the average consumer is able to use i.e. 110V and/or 220V.
Whether you are paying your bill or not...there's NO WAY you're gonna get around that transformer...unless your equipment is running between 2,300 & 2,400 Volts! (that's the juice the transformer is being fed...and for those who STILL don't get it...you CANNOT run your shit on anything else but 110V or 220V)
Or you have your own transformer. But no one does. Nor will.
Me:
Yeah so what does the heat scanning do?
Him:
Basically (and this is how he said it word by word) if a transformer "glows" red (hot) during a scan meanwhile all others stay blue (cold) that's an indicator for unusual high usage!
Me:
Well OK, what then?
Him:
Next we have trained personnel look @ the usage pattern and digital signature of what they got.
Me:
Yeah well...as long as they pay their bill...why would you guys care!?
Him:
C'mon....most try beating the system (theft) and even IF they pay their double+ bill (he said it differently using internal lingo)....they get a "knock & talk" visit (I did not ask by who).
So if you're running your 20...30...or 40AMP Jacuzzi and/or pool heater 12/12 or 18/6 AND are paying your bill...you'll get away with it.
But that's not what we are talking about here.
So y'all be warned....be careful out there! And that's not just in FL!!!!
Had an innocent meeting with a MAJOR electricity provider I used to be involved with some time in the distant past.
The following is in FL...but he stated this practice is SPREADING country wide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFWD:
Dude says:
We now do mobile "heat scans".
I ask:
What are you talking about?
He says:
We now have infrared cams mounted in very "un-suspicious" locations.
Me:
Why "un-suspicios"?
Him:
So no one is warned.
Me:
Oh?
Him:
Yeah...like in the back of vans & truck beds.
Me:
What's the scoop?
Him:
If we get a hint (I asked...and he stated automated hints AND
A transformer is the thing on top of the power pole right before the cable runs to your house or what ever other location you might be using legally or not, paying your bill or not.
That transformer basically has a coil and mineral oil in it tranforming high voltage down to a level the average consumer is able to use i.e. 110V and/or 220V.
Whether you are paying your bill or not...there's NO WAY you're gonna get around that transformer...unless your equipment is running between 2,300 & 2,400 Volts! (that's the juice the transformer is being fed...and for those who STILL don't get it...you CANNOT run your shit on anything else but 110V or 220V)
Or you have your own transformer. But no one does. Nor will.
Me:
Yeah so what does the heat scanning do?
Him:
Basically (and this is how he said it word by word) if a transformer "glows" red (hot) during a scan meanwhile all others stay blue (cold) that's an indicator for unusual high usage!
Me:
Well OK, what then?
Him:
Next we have trained personnel look @ the usage pattern and digital signature of what they got.
Me:
Yeah well...as long as they pay their bill...why would you guys care!?
Him:
C'mon....most try beating the system (theft) and even IF they pay their double+ bill (he said it differently using internal lingo)....they get a "knock & talk" visit (I did not ask by who).
So if you're running your 20...30...or 40AMP Jacuzzi and/or pool heater 12/12 or 18/6 AND are paying your bill...you'll get away with it.
But that's not what we are talking about here.
So y'all be warned....be careful out there! And that's not just in FL!!!!
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