How can I slow down or stop my home electric meter?

Answer 1

Break the glass and pour in a few liters of saltwater. Assuming you survive that without electrocution you'll never have to pay your electric bill again. Because electricity in prison is provided free courtesy of the taxpayers.

Answer 2

in the UK you may well need planning permission before you put it up. Geothermal sounds more effective. But in theory making your own should be possible if you have the knowledge. trouble is, if you make mistakes and have had to spend money, you may waste money, so existing systems can be more economical in some ways. Also, depends what you are going to do to store or export power not used. After all, it would be rare that amount generated actually matched amount required. we export our excess solar generated electricity to the national grid. In theory if there was a power cut or failure, then our electricity can no longer get back into the grid. however, if there were engineers trying to repair the elctricity supply locally there could be a risk that our power could leak to where they are working and electrocute them. (Though the electricity board would have made sure they were not sending power that was a danger to workers). So it is where the item is a potential hazard to others that I would be most worried about the idea of a home made attempt!

Answer 3

This meter is part of your contract with the power company. The only legal way to slow it down is to use less power from them. Turn off / unplug all appliances, lights, etc. If that's not enough, go to your breaker box and cut the main breaker switch. This should stop the meter.

Another way is to start generating your own power from an alternate source. You feed that back into the system, and the power company connects a second meter to measure any overage you put back into the system (which they're required to buy from you, although at a lower rate since they have to collect, store, and redistribute the power you generate).

I hope this is what you were looking for.

Answer 4

That meter is recording apparent power, not real power. While reducing the draw is a good idea, such as turning off what you don't use, keeping lights turned off that are not in use are all good ideas, there are other things to consider. If you are using incandescent bulbs, and if you are willing to do the modification, put a power diode in series with the lamp in the hot lead of the lamp. A diode rated at 400 volts, and 3 amps should do quite nicely. Put a timer on the hot water heater so that it only turns on when you need hot water. Connect AC type capacitors across the power cord of your motor driven appliances. The idea here is to get the inductive reactance of the motor, and the capacitor's reactance to balance each other so that the power actually consumed, instead of apparent power.

Answer 5

The only legal ways are to reduce or stop your electrical power consumption. Tampering with the meter or bypassing it is a form of fraud. As such, it is a felony that can result in serious civil and criminal penalties and may also result in serious electrical shock or fire as well. If the moral implications don't stop you, the risk/benefit analysis should.

Answer 6

Reduce your use of electricity.

If you are thinking of attempting to tamper with the meter, you should remember that it is a felony crime to tamper with the meter. Not worth the risk.

Answer 7

Apropos the previous correspondent's "put a power diode in series with the lamp in the hot lead of the lamp".

It matters not if the diode is in the line or the neutral.

Doing this will reduce the applied voltage to approximately half, and the power in the light bulb to less than a quarter.

Answer 8

Disconnect your house from the meter. Of course then you will be without electricity, but the meter should stop.

Answer 9

Reduce usage of electricity by turning off, or unplugging items you seldom use.

Answer 10

Reduce your power consumption.

Doug