My analog meter never tried to talk to the refrigerator. The local electric company installed their little grey spyware box last Tuesday, and now my shortwave radio picks up a pulse every twenty minutes. They claim it is just for automated billing updates, which is cute. Nobody needs real time kilowatt telemetry at three in the morning unless they are mapping room occupancy through wall capacitence. Wrapped the housing in lead foil yesturday and two utility trucks were parked down the street within an hour. Subtlety is no longer on their agenda.