Introduction rollback counters - Myths and Reality

The purpose of this series is not a desire to train you wind off counters ago. Even on the contrary, I would like to warn against this possibility. If you're reading this, then you already have a computer, and probably not the worst. And I'm sure that ten bucks to pay for electricity in the state of each.
Why do you drink or lose polzarplaty - this is normal, and pay for electricity - no way. And the people with maniacal persistence gains of the word "unwind, wind meter," and the like. And if there is a demand - there is a suggestion. And there were sites that tell the terrible military secret.

Scheme of construction of these sites are usually the same. First published by "free ways" with tips like "Drive a nail into the meter and it stopped spinning." Most of them, as a rule, but trouble can not bring anything, but in fairness I must say that there are also some quite exquisite. Working methods apply only to outdated induction meters. And if the case involved only that, I would not even took up this cycle. A natural application of modern electronic meters and circuit breakers (RCD) would remove the problem naturally.
But these guys do not stop. They say, "Send us 10, 20, (as that time I have seen even 500!) Dollars, and we will send you the most, is the surest way to make turns back all that may be on, or at least stop it. Or such an option - send ... bucks and we will send you a way that, without any change in the scheme will take into account half of the energy. "
And without a difference - an electronic counter or electronic.
All this is nonsense. Analysis of the most running and walking on the Internet is a way to be on. All the ways I have tried to organize, and at a certain strain of thought, you can analyze emerging. And if you send me one (1) dollar, I'll tell you why they do not work :)).
The exposition is organized as follows - first described the theoretical aspects of energy accounting and the unit of electrical energy meters. And then based on these calculations, the analysis of existing methods. After reading this series, I think you will find that what works for a long time has been repeatedly published in the network, and how to pay for the most part do not work. Or work only with certain models (usually outdated) with very specific conditions.
Go to warn that the scheme would not be specific figures and recommendations - the network is so full of junk and who should be - will seek to do.