Many people wonder that compared with the previous manual reading data of mechanical meters, smart meters are indeed much higher. It also said that the smart meter itself also consumes electricity, will it be included in residential electricity consumption?

       "In fact, it is a misunderstanding that smart meters consume electricity quickly. On the contrary, smart meters are more accurate than traditional mechanical meters." TV, refrigerators, water heaters and other household appliances consume less electricity when they are in standby for a long time, while traditional mechanical meters have poor sensitivity. In addition, aging and other reasons do not measure this part of electricity, while smart meters can accurately measure it. In addition, manual meter reading is adopted for mechanical electricity meters. There are problems such as estimated copy, missed copy and wrong copy. The intelligent electricity meter has the functions of high measurement accuracy, intelligent fee deduction, real-time price inquiry, electricity memory, remote information transmission, etc. To a large extent, it can avoid human errors and effectively prevent electricity theft.

       Many citizens find that the red light on the smart meter flickers frequently. Does this mean that the smart meter consumes electricity quickly? There are fault lights and pulse lights on the smart meter. Among them, the smart electricity meter commonly used in families flashes 1200 times per kilowatt hour. This has also led some citizens to have the illusion of "fast power consumption" of smart meters. In addition, the power consumption of smart meters is not included in residential power consumption. It is included in the transmission loss of the public power grid and will not be passed on to the people.

       In fact, household electricity consumption is closely related to electricity consumption habits. "Even if the household appliances are turned off, if the power plug is still connected to the socket, the control circuit board in the appliances will remain in the continuous charging state. This will result in a waste of electricity, which runs counter to the energy conservation and emission reduction we advocate." In addition, if citizens doubt the accuracy of smart meters, they can apply for inspection at the electricity business hall. The business hall will initiate the application process, which takes about 3 days from the initiation of the application to the opening of the meter at the user's home. Then the user can take the removed electric energy meter to the statutory electric energy meter metering inspection station authorized by the government for inspection.