<story><title>Flipper Zero Self Destructs an Electricity Smart Meter</title><url>https://www.rtl-sdr.com/flipper-zero-self-destructs-an-electricity-smart-meter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>diftraku</author><text>&amp;gt; In the video it appears that Peter was using the Flipper Zero to wireless turn the power meter on and off, which also controlled the power to a large AC unit. Eventually switching the meter on and off while under a heavy load resulted in the meter self destructing and releasing the magic smoke.&lt;p&gt;Calling out Flipper Zero for someone (ab)using the meter&amp;#x27;s remote control features cuts me the wrong way: you could&amp;#x27;ve done the same with any other SDR, not just the Flipper Zero.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not even a surprise this happened, the cut-off is not meant to be operated constantly to cut heavy loads. Similarly you should not use a breaker to turn off heavy (or any, in that matter) loads as you&amp;#x27;re needlessly wearing down the protective device, instead of a separate cut-off switch that&amp;#x27;s designed to be replaceable. Especially since it can be positioned downstream from the protective device.&lt;p&gt;It all boils down to which part of the circuit you can easily repair in case of a fault, in this case the meter is  by far the least accessible.</text></comment>
<story><title>Flipper Zero Self Destructs an Electricity Smart Meter</title><url>https://www.rtl-sdr.com/flipper-zero-self-destructs-an-electricity-smart-meter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sschueller</author><text>This has nothing to do with the flipper zero or any other device using the CC1101 chip. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer of such smart meters to make them safe and if they are incapable of preventing a sub $10 chip found in thousands of devices from causing catastrophic failure then who is guaranteeing me that the meter is actually counting correctly!&lt;p&gt;This is a failure of regulators and manufacturer, the media will spin it and next thing you know flipper zeros will be banned and smart meters will be as shitty as this one.</text></comment>