Two broken boiler PCB's after Smart meter... Coincidence?

rjmachin

I'm with Avro Energy.
I had a Smart meter fitted on the 20th November.  My brother (also with Avro), had his installed a week before me.
Just over a week ago, my brother's boiler packed in, and had Homeserve out to fix it.  He had to have the PCB replaced.
On Thursday just gone, my boiler packed in, and Homeserve has been out this weekend to fix it.  Again, it needed the PCB replacing.

All is working again now, thankfully, but i'm just wondering, is it likely to be a coincidence?  They are the same smart meter, the same company that fitted them and the same energy company

knightstyle

Yes it is all part of a government scheme.  The new meters are programmed to break the old pcb and the new boiler pcb will record everything that goes on in the house, send it to the smart meter which will send it via the moblie network to the special government dept. that watches us......
Oh an the covid vaccine has a little transmitter in it so they know where you are all the time.....
Sleep well. 

Zellah

knightstyle said:

Yes it is all part of a government scheme.  The new meters are programmed to break the old pcb and the new boiler pcb will record everything that goes on in the house, send it to the smart meter which will send it via the moblie network to the special government dept. that watches us......
Oh an the covid vaccine has a little transmitter in it so they know where you are all the time.....
Sleep well. 

That made me chuckle

rjmachin

Well i will be at the front of the queue when I am eligible for the vaccine, so I suppose I better get used to being monitored

Ectophile

Yes.  A coincidence.

Turning the power off and on again could be enough to cause an old boiler PCB to fail, if it was on the edge of failing before.  The next power cut could have done it.

Gerry1

knightstyle said:

The new meters are programmed to break the old pcb

It's not impossible for damage to be caused if the installer threw the main switch by the meter rather than turning first turning the boiler off locally or asking you to do so.  Given the natural reluctance for an installer to wander round an unfamiliar house and the need for social distancing, the line of least resistance is just to throw the main switch.

The problem is that any spikes from inductive loads (fridge, freezer, CH pump etc) won't be quenched by the low impedance of the public supply and will be 'seen' by the boiler circuitry.

The correct methodology is that the householder should close down PCs and turn off sensitive items individually, then turn off each circuit at the consumer unit.  Only after taking these precautions should the main switch be thrown and the sealed fuses removed.

knightstyle said:

send it to the smart meter which will send it via the mobile network to the special government dept. that watches us......

If you read the BG Smart Meter privacy policy you'll see that your smart meter data can be shared with umpteen organisations, including

• Police Forces

• HMRC

• "The government or our regulators:
  Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
  Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"
  

• Data and insight providers
• Law enforcement agencies and other public authorities

knightstyle

I am beginning to enjoy this thread.

knightstyle

I am beginning to enjoy this thread.

Gerry1

knightstyle said:

I am beginning to enjoy this thread.

Unlike your info, mine is entirely factual !

The_Fat_Controller

My installer was quite clear that the main distribution box switch and all individual breakers should be off until the meter was replaced.
I also ensured every single socket was off too.
Once the new meter was ready to go, everything was switched on individually.
I did say to the boiler, sorry you have been off for a couple of hours after having been powered-on and warm for about 3 years, I hope the shock won't kill you, luckily it didn't.
PS. Did you fit the tin-foil shields around all of your electrical devices at the same time as the Smart Meter was fitted ?

rjmachin

I forgot the tin-foil around the devices, but I made sure my head was protected