Question about those new smart circuit breakers

I thought they were just a gimmick for rich people until I put one on my own panel last month to watch a flickering light issue. It logged a voltage drop from a bad neutral connection at the pole I never would have caught with my meter. Has anyone else actually used these for real troubleshooting, or are they still mostly for show?

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fiona_murray21d ago

That voltage drop story is exactly why they're useful. I've seen them catch bad connections in walls before they got hot enough to start a fire. What brand did you go with?

sean_dixon9621d ago

So that bad neutral at the pole, did the utility company find it right away when you showed them the data, or did they give you a hard time about it first?