Fear of fire hazard causes removal of thousands of smart meters

[Locutus]

Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority is directing local utilities to replace a certain model of smart meter "as a preventative step" after reviewing reports of problematic metres in Saskatchewan.

Last summer, the Saskatchewan government ordered SaskPower to remove more than 100,000 newer model meters that had already been installed after reports of nine fires related to the equipment.

An investigation in Saskatchewan found that rain water and contaminants getting into the meters appeared to contribute to them failing.

In Ontario, the Electrical Safety Authority says no local utilities are using the model installed in Saskatchewan.


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Fear of fire hazard causes removal of thousands of smart meters - Toronto - CBC News

 

[petros]

They lied. It's over 320 fires in SK but SaskPower won't say that.

 

[lone wolf]

They lied. It's over 320 fires in SK but SaskPower won't say that.

Of course they'll lie. Money's involved. They just don't want to kill you while they're burning you.

 

[petros]

They blamed lightning instead of sh|t meters.