paper 150128145609

Abstract

This paper presents example measurements of electric field exposure to smart meters for cable-transmitted (50–100 kHz) signal emissions. The operator of a utility company remotely read the smart meters when we measured electric fields. Altogether, we measured 27 smart meters, which used power line communication (PLC). Meters used plan and lon protocols. We used the Holaday 3603 directional electric field meter, and the measurement distance was at the surface of the meter. The highest electric field was 5.2 V/m, which is only 6% of the recommended public exposure limit according to the ICNIRP guidelines.

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Leena Korpinen

Marko Lundstrom

Jari Mustaparta

Rauno Paakkonen