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9/23/12 Smart Meter Fires and Explosions | EMF Safety Network 8/5/2012 Smart meter fire on Darwin Ave., Coquitlam, BC. As with the Mission fire BC Hydro is blaming the smart meter base again. Problem is that this is a brand new subdivision so how can they postulate that a brand new meter base is cracked, or is an old crumbling meter base? BC Hydro doubts smart meter to blame for Coquitlam fire COQUITLAM/CKNW (AM980) CKNW News Staff | Email news tips to nwnews@cknw.com 8/5/2012 Could a newly installed BC Hydro smart meter be partially to blame for an early morning fire in Coquitlam? Hydro crews don’t believe so, but they are investigating after a small fire broke out on the outside of a home on Darwin Avenue. Spokesman Greg Alexis says it appears the cause was likely a faulty meter base. “The meter base is the piece of the customer’s equipment that we plug the smart meter into. The smart meter is the end of our grid and the meter base is the piece of customer equipment.” Alexis says damaged sockets are blamed for a series of recent electrical fires, but stresses the smart meter itself isn’t the problem. Mia Nony says: August 7, 2012 at 1:20 am BC Hydro says it’s not yet clear what caused a fire at a Coquitlam home where a smart meter had been installed one month earlier. http://bc.ctvnews.ca/2-home-fires-probed-where-new-smart-meters-were-set-up-1.905587 2 home fires probed where new smart meters were set up Published Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 4:04PM PDT BC Hydro says it’s not yet clear what caused a fire at a Coquitlam home where a smart meter had been installed one month earlier. The cause of the blaze that broke out early Sunday morning at the house on Darwin Avenue is under investigation. BC Hydro says smart meters are safe and that inspections are carried out before the devices are set up. “In the vast majority of cases we actually find problems when we actually pull the old meter off. It’s extremely rare that there is any kind of incident after a meter is installed,” BC Hydro spokesperson Cindy Verschoor said. The Crown corporation also says it has repaired about 1,000 meter bases around the province. In June, a fire also began at a home in Mission where a smart meter had recently been installed. BC Hydro says the BC Safety Authority is investigating that blaze. Norm says: August 18, 2012 at 8:53 pm I strongly recommend that all those home owners and/or tenants who now have “smart meters” instead of the analog type to go to the meter area and give it a visual and physical check for any apparent discoloration or burning. Use the back of your emfsafetynetwork.org/?page_id=1280 27/29
9/23/12 Smart Meter Fires and Explosions | EMF Safety Network hand to check the meter base for heat. (You don’t want to suffer burns on your palms or fingers.) Some of these installations of so called “smart meters”have resulted in fires almost immediately, or in a matter of months. There should be no heat! If there is, it could indicate a poor connection between the “lugs” of the base and the ”stabs”of the meter. A fire potential! Jennie says: August 20, 2012 at 5:31 pm I had a really difficult day, the other day. I woke up. The sun was shining. Life was good. I was heading out to take my dog for a walk, and I bumped into a nice PG&E man. We both spooked each other. He told me that they were getting a “hot meter” alert from my “smart meter”. Heard about those? They are new meters that are internet connected, and speak both to your appliances, and to the head office. Sounds spooky, huh? Anyhow, he took the meter off, and the clips that I own with the house, were melting and were a fire hazard. Key word: The part “I own”. So, in all good faith, he couldn’t walk away from my home, knowing that it was a fire danger, until “I” got it fixed! He put a jumper on it, so that I had at least 110 power, (but no 220) and left. He took my meter with him, so that I had to get it fixed. Good day: OVER. I called my preferred electrician, and then realized I have First American Home insurance. So, I called them. They said, “Yes, it was a covered expense”, and they were sending out their electrician to fix it. The electrician they sent out had a bad reputation on Angie’s list. Well, they couldn’t come till Tuesday. It is a fire hazard, and they can’t come till Tuesday??? It was Friday! It is 100 degrees out, and I have no electricity!? So, my insurance called until they found someone that could do it, today. RWE came out, (they had a better reputation on Angie’s list, too!) and ordered the parts, and fixed it, (this, about 5 PM) and called PGE to shut down my main power on the street, and wait till it was fixed, to turn it back on. I had 5 large PGE trucks in front of my house! Yikes! In the meantime, I found out that PGE had previously installed THREE (count em!) smart meters into my home, since Feb 2010 and all had failed. In March 2010, the house was not occupied. I bought the home in July of 2011. All three “smart meters” had given out “hot socket” alarms and one had actually melted, and they had come out to change each one, without notifying anyone. Somehow, though, this fourth one is my fault?! I’m a little weird-ed out by this. I also found out that these smart meters are starting fires in homes, by doing the very same thing, this one did. I don’t know if it’s due to installing smart meters into older equipment, or what? But, I found some interesting links about them. People aren’t liking them at all. It’s kind of a 1984 “big brother” thing. Anyhow, when all was said and done, after the insurance company said they’d pay for it, well, the electrician called to make the claim and they ended up denying it! So, I paid $720.00 on my VISA for something I’m not thinking is my doing! Do you even know how long this will take for me to pay off? Wah. I’m a single disabled woman, and I live from paycheck to paycheck. I mean, why, when the meter was giving out hot signals, did PG&E not tell me and instead, replace it three times…. but then not the fourth time? I have on record from Portland General that they replaced it once due to it being melted, once giving out a not socket alarm, and once again a hot socket alarm. Why were my meter clips OK until they installed one of these new meters? Why did the insurance company say they’d pay for it, and then not? Do they do that, sometimes? Did they look up this problem like I did, and find the problems with these meters? I’m new at this whole home ownership thing, but I think I’m going to be doing some research. Thing is, I don’t feel safe, even now, after having this thing get hot, melt, and then melt the clips. Is it going to happen again? While I’m out of town, or in town? What’s worse? I don’t know, but I’m sure interested in doing something about all of this. Jen emfsafetynetwork.org/?page_id=1280 28/29
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more information about their energy
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New PECO smart meters blamed for fi
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tie into the Smart Meter/Smart Grid
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**”Smart Meters Fires and Explosi
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valuable trends in how and when you
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January 1, 2011 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
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predicted in this Report, based on
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particularly at risk (Tables 30-31)
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Smart meters are a new type electri
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might reduce it by running applianc
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scenarios, analysis of whether and
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for study, and has not released any
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Power transmitters installed on app
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alternatively, absorption of RF ene
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minimal reflection factors of 100%
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medical interference and health ris
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Reflection Factor This equation is
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Tables in this report show either d
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operation, and possible FCC violati
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Table 15 shows that for one collect
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Where are RF levels associated with
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(2007)? Tables 32 and 33 depict the
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meter(s). For example, one smart me
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(47CFR Part 15): “The operator of
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good ‘thermal sinks’ for locali
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eflective environment on the absorp
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TABLES OF CRITICAL DISTANCES IN NUR
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TWA limit (One Collector, 1C+ 3 Sma
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conduction and blood flow through t
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Smart meters are a crucial componen
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Readers: SmartMeters interfere with
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"A mystery has been solved for us,"
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As you may have noticed I have coin
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The pamphlet is entitled: “See Yo
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After our house in Half Moon Bay go
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will result in your power being shu
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hours a day, you wil constantly be
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I commend the EMF Safety Network an
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The scope of problems from transmit
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Well thank God FPL came and reinsta
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off grid solar systems - backwoods
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Electric bill skyrockets after smar
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Dr. David Carpenter, Professor, Env
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Fire Concerns Lead PECO To Halt Sma
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energy as part of their routine ope
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Please continue donating to our Saf
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The new meters function within a "M
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evaluated. There are 46 counties an
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Dr. Martin Blank, PhD, of Columbia
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government agencies cared about saf
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Good News in Oregon & Florida JULY
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installation in Florida has been go
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Are Smart Meters Hazardous To Your
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your home. Read the article, “The
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We are now planning to move to Sout
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society, into a desperate and miser
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Where am I going to be safe? NO wi-
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Dear Barbara Boxer: I’m currently
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symptoms. Also while in our apartme
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