This article has info about a Tennessee utility. There are more like this below, after the letters, about fires involving many different brands. I didn’t take the time to look up every utility, but several kinds are mentioned in the articles. “Memphis Light Gas and Water Division officials on Tuesday told a City Council committee that smart meters slated to replace the utilitys traditional meters dont cause fires. But problems with the metal electrical boxes, or meter sockets into which meters are plugged, could cause overheating and spark a flash over fire, they reported. Made of plastic, smart meters also can melt.” “Bill Hawkins, an assistant business manager for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1288 representing MLGW workers, told council committee members that colleagues at other utilities said they had experienced smart-meter fires. Hawkins said MLGW workers reported a 30 percent failure rate for smart meters.” (They installed Elster smeters) commercialappeal/news/local-news/memphis-city-council-briefs_20140508023708878
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:35:45 +0000
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