"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:25:42 UTC+1, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:23:54 +0100, whisky-dave
wrote:

On Monday, 11 April 2016 22:23:02 UTC+1, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:49:36 +0100, whisky-dave
wrote:

Then don't plug in 1 million mp3 players at the same time then.
As this would be how a smartmeter could detect and know what you
are plugging in.
I do know someone that was writing an app for use with smartmeters.

Easy enough to make your car charge unevenly to simulate other things.

No it would't be in reality.
Sure you could just charge your car at 100ma the same as a torch, for a
few weeks, but no one would care would they.

But we use things like kettles, tumble driers, etc. So you just make the
car charge then stop then charge then stop, preferably at a different
level each time.

That would depend on how you think the electicity will be paid for which
you don't.
What you be the advantage of stopping and starting charging a car ?
The amount of electricity used will be pretty much the same.

But if the smartmeter can't work out that its being used to charge a car,
the consumer wouldn't be charged the EXTRA tax when the electricity is
used to charge a car because they don't get any petrol tax with that car.