Eon: Anyone know what this is and why it's in my meter housing?

Offset

We're not even with Eon any more!

Sporky

It's actually a computer made by - and later worshipped by - the snails.

Offset

Sporky said:

It's actually a computer made by - and later worshipped by - the snails.

You should see the rest of the box... HR Giger would have been proud.

euan

It’ll be for reporting your meter readings automatically back to the Illuminati 

VimFuego

it's nothing to worry about, just forget you ever saw it.

Funkfingers

EITHER, as Sporky suggests, it could be the likeness of a snail deity. Somewhere, on a remote Pacific island, there are hundreds of 'em, all facing out to sea, warding off evil spirits or appeasing the all-powerful E-On.

OR 
It could be a wireless transceiver for your smart meter.

Offset

Funkfingers said:

It could be a wireless transceiver for your smart meter.

We don't have a smart meter :-)

Sporky

euan said:

It’ll be for reporting your meter readings automatically back to the Illuminati 

They're only interested in what you use for lighting.

Back on topic, give it a lick and tell us what it tastes of.

BillDL

How long have you been in that house?

I wonder if that is a leftover transmitter from a previous installation of a more primitive "smart meter" from when they first came out to allow consumers to monitor their own consumption.  I recall that many years ago my electricity supplier sent me a gizmo that clamped around the main cable and transmitted to a display inside the house to tell you what electricity had or was being used.  I never installed it and threw it out a few years ago while cleaning out my porch cupboard where it was still sitting in its box.

Take it out if you can, clean it up, and see if it has a battery compartment. Perhaps it was one of the walkie-talkies that the workies communicated with and the poor guy had the cost deducted from his wages.

Philly_Q

BillDL said:

Perhaps it was one of the walkie-talkies that the workies communicated with and the poor guy had the cost deducted from his wages.

My money's on that answer.

BillDL

..... or the controller for a pair of vibrating edible panties that you hid in there in case your family members ever found them.  The snails, worms and ants ate the panties a long time ago.

Offset

Sporky said:

euan said:

It’ll be for reporting your meter readings automatically back to the Illuminati 

They're only interested in what you use for lighting.

Back on topic, give it a lick and tell us what it tastes of.

Done.  It was snail.

Offset

BillDL said:

How long have you been in that house?

20 years.  I'm going to take the fecker out and see what happens.  Not sure if it's wired in or not but if I go permanently silent on here, you'll know I cut the wrong wire...

Sporky

Offset said:

Sporky said:

Back on topic, give it a lick and tell us what it tastes of.

Done.  It was snail.

Then I stand by my original analysis.

BillDL

Take it out, clean up the battery contacts, insert batteries, press the button, and shout "hello dickhead" at it.  I'm curious to know if anybody answers.

Offset

BillDL said:

Take it out, clean up the battery contacts, insert batteries, press the button, and shout "hello dickhead" at it.  I'm curious to know if anybody answers.

I'll be hugely pissed off if it's drawing power from my supply!!!

Philly_Q

BillDL said:

Take it out, clean up the battery contacts, insert batteries, press the button, and shout "hello dickhead" at it.  I'm curious to know if anybody answers.

Keep an eye out for Novichok in the post though...

Sporky

Philly_Q said:

Keep an eye out for Novichok in the post though...

I reckon you'd need a big box to ship a tennis player.

Philly_Q

@Sporky I salute you. 

BillDL

Well @Offset, did you manage to find out what the thing was?

snowblind

It looks like a wireless AC current monitor. If there is a wire coming out of it with a loop on the end wrapped around the mains cable coming into the house then that is the most likely explanation. Its kinda like the smart meter you never asked for. I've heard tales of these things being installed when customers weren't being consulted. Any chance the house was being used as a weed farm in days gone by?