1) Please circulate to your contacts and then vote at the end of the article re. $meters (if you vote first, often the person receiving it will not be able to). http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskpower-identifies-2-more-smart-meter-failures-1.2720359 2) As we’ve seen in other exchanges, BCUC believes that it cannot get involved in any aspect of the $$meter program because of … Continue reading 2014-07-29 More discussion and information about “failures” in Saskatchewan →
1) Christy Clark is trying to shut down groups like ours that are criticizing the government. This “white paper” makes a mockery of what little is left of our democracy in BC. If this is allowed to go forward, free speech and open debate will be a thing of the past. I just found out … Continue reading Christy Clark stifling opposition, debate, democracy →
1) For some reason the link to #2 on 2014-10-05 stopped working. Here is another link to the Wall Street article re. cell transmitters being over the FCC limit. http://www.rfsafe.com/wsj-one-10-cell-phone-towers-violate-rf-radiation-safety-rule/ 2) A fire in Michigan blamed on ITRON $meter. According to this website http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/how-to-tell-if-I-have-a-ami-dte-smart-advanced-meter.php the smeters used in Detroit are the same as ours: ITRON … Continue reading 2014-10-06 ITRON meter blamed for fire in Detroit →
1) $$meter manufacturer admits that all $$meters have the same problems!! The company blamed “external factors,” such as “water intrusion,” “hot socket conditions,” “over voltage in the distribution system,” and “holes in meter boxes” for the fires. It also said investigations were underway. (Water accumulates due to condensation inside analogs and it does inside $$meters. … Continue reading 2014-08-15 Problems causing $meter fires are “systemic in the industry” →
1) An expert in our group advised that people need to be cautious about using fire extinguishers. He said this: I’m a bit concerned about the recommendation in 5) of Aug 12th Update to ‘keep fire extinguishers handy’. That’s because fighting fires with 240 VAC involved isn’t for amateurs – should be attempted only by … Continue reading 2014-08-13 Caution about fire extinguishers for electrical fires. →
Further to the fire in Michigan where an ITRON smart meter was believed to have been the cause. The utility company is now saying that “perhaps” there was a grow op that was the cause. I was sent this information from a friend of the couple who lost their home and their pets: “A young … Continue reading 2014-10-09 Summary of solar meeting in North Oyster + more letters →
A good article explaining how RF radiation reflects, how a faraday cage works (every “metal box”, even a car, becomes one). $$meter RF reflects just like cell phone RF does, so shielding must be done very carefully. http://www.emfnews.org/Car-Radiation-Cell-Phones-Faraday-Cage-and-Cancer.html From a member, comparing the “home monitor” hydro is selling/advertising, and another that is … Continue reading 2014-09-28 Beware of Hydro’s “home energy monitor” with 2-way zigbee chips →
1) Attached is a report on a fire that I mentioned in my fire report. It happened in Jan. 2013 in a restaurant in Vernon. According to this report water got into the meter causing the fire. This is the same sort of problem the Sensus meters in Saskatchewan had. Meters must be able to … Continue reading 2014-09-17 A fire report that Hydro and Bennett deny ever happened. →
1) While our government is hiding the truth about $$meter fires, denying they have occurred, lying to the public, look at what Medicine Hat is doing. This should have been done in BC with the first reports of appliances burning, of electronics being destroyed with power surges, and before major fires occurred. We have … Continue reading 2014-09-19 Medicine Hat having independent safety tests →
Another fire, this one in Nevada, and again with Sensus. Many reports of “consumed meters” which result in a fire report that says the cause in undetermined. Reports in BC say the same thing – that the potential “igniter” was too damaged to determine if it was the cause, or, in some cases, it was … Continue reading 2014-09-13 Fires in Nevada. →
