Getting a “smart” meter

Our apartment block had “smart” meters installed yesterday. The sparkies came in, turned off power to the building, then went floor by floor to swap the old meters from the 1990s with these “smart” meters. In preparation for this, I did the usual work of cleanly shutting down the homelab servers and network boxes. I’ve joked that these hobbyist machines have long become production, on account of them running game servers, locally hosted music and video streaming, VPN gateways, file backups, and a whole host of other services for family and friends. I sent out an advisory to these affected stakeholders, just as I would notify clients at work. Okay that’s a lie, I sent a messages in group chats that amounted to a “soz”. This work reminds me that I need a proper uninterruptible power supply (UPS), or at least a large battery that can be called upon for service in the event of a power disruption or outage. Sydney has been a step from Kuala Lumpur for power outage frequency and duration,…

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