Must have forgot their tin-foil towels.

I don't know what the voltage would have to be to jump a light switch, but I can tell you that I've seen it. A few years ago, a tree fell in my sister's neighbor's yard and knocked the primaries down on top of her secondaries. So that was at least 12-13kV. It was ugly. Whole house had to be rewired.

On 1/2/2017 12:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
*that device knows I woke up to my cell phone alarm at 7 this morning, brewed myself a cup of coffee at 7:10, and another at 7:25,.and another at 8. Then, I took a shower for 10 minutes and washed dishes after that.*
*From:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Monday, January 2, 2017 11:55 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Seriously...
When they publish things like this:

    "With that flash, every lightbulb in my house had exploded! The
    old lightbulbs merely popped and shattered. Those new lightbulbs
    (CFLs) were on fire! I could see smoke, smell burning plastic. I
    had no idea what happened."

So, every lightbulb was on? If not the overvoltage jumped the switch? How much of an overvoltage event does it take to make a lightbulb pop like you see in movies? I have never seen it happen. Especially difficult when the switch is off.
All this happened because of a smart meter?
And later:

    "All the while I was experiencing more electrical issues and
    finding more damage. The craziest thing that occurred was I
    literally was shocked getting into the shower! I went to grab the
    nozzle to direct the water down and when I grabbed it, I literally
    got a jolt of electricity, my hand stuck, my knees buckled and
    down I went. I didn’t take a shower after that, needless to say.
    When I came downstairs, I heard water and could hear popping. The
    main water line from my well had exploded and electricity was
    sparking from it."

http://www.dcclothesline.com/2015/06/27/smart-meters-fire-living-hell-and-bureaucratic-messes/
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Andrews
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 11:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Seth, was that meant to be tongue-in-cheek?
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/smart-meters/smart-meter-fires-and-explosions/
On 01/02/2017 10:25 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 1/2/17 09:39, [email protected] wrote:
>> Well, I guess if they change out the socket when they change the meter,
>> they could put a big ass contactor in there.
>> Note the statement uses the future tense “will have remote switching
>> capabilities”.  Like cars will have the ability to fly...
>>
>
> I suppose the other option would be SCRs, but there's heat issues with
> those as they get bigger. An SCR could start an electrical fire if it
> overheated.
>
> ~Seth
>

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