According to the person who made this video, the meter is said to be off, but the readings show otherwise. Anyone else with the same findings?
“Is your Choice of a BC Hydro Smart Meter with Microwave Transmitter Radio-off, that you are paying extra for each and every month, sneakily broadcasting and actually still on, without them telling you? . My neighbour just got theirs after being told they had to surrender their analogue meter and guess what, the SmartMeter-Off, is actually broadcasting around the clock – perhaps not as frequently as the regular smart meter, but this one is definitively ON, not off!”
BC Hydro has stated that 120 “Radio Off” meters that were being built, missed a step, which caused them to emit wireless signals. According to BC Hydro, these 120 meters were replaced. Is it possible that this Chilliwack BC meter was one of those? We tried to contact the producer of this video to see if it was replaced or not, but so far no reply.
#1 by Liz Barris on March 22, 2017 - 10:40 am
PLEASE SUE THIS COMPANY FOR LYING!!!!! THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!! YOU HAVE EXCELLENT PROOF!!!
#2 by Mia on March 31, 2017 - 2:23 pm
The utility is making money off anyone who is at all naive or trusting
and doing so while they harm them.
They simply don;t care. Period.
This is not a case of a highway robber who says
“Your money OR your life”.
This is “Your money AND your life”.
And your property, and your health, and your privacy. and your money.
Once you let the utilities in,
each computer device on all the systems of your home,
and even water meters inside your home, a total violation of every right you ever had, since you have the right to refuse the liability of their equipment on your property,
Every wireless device they succeed in using to trespass
onto private property stays there, even if you get cut off.
Even with no power feed to it, it can continue to operate wirelessly
on battery back up.
So once anyone says yes to any of this, this means that
even if you go off grid or end up disconnected for denial of access,
the hard fact is that they are still for all intents and purposes in
possession of YOUR home and in control over your life.
They are even installing smart meters
on homes they themselves have disconnected for refusal of access.
Once done, one cannot reverse the granting of access.
This is not unlike a swarming, in every real sense
a smart meter, once on the home, or even out on a pole,
a smart meter constitutes a home invasion.
It itself both generates microwave radiation & enables power line microwave radiation, two different ways.
This is because the meter creates access no matter where it is located, and this way it establishes an unprecedented
encroaching easement, not only outside but more importantly inside
your home.
If you paid for your home, the computer called a meter is
inside your circuit box, the one you thought that you own(ed)
and paid for, its reach is inside your walls which you thought you owned, the power line and meter frequencies are coupled to all that home wiring which you paid to have installed.
The utility essentially now resides inside your no longer private property and home.
At that point the utility might as well be
on the title of your property, since, in essence,
they have gained the upper hand and possess control
over your home, and over your rights.
Off grid is just the opposite, it is the essence of self sufficiency.
The entire purpose of resistance is to find any way at all possible to
never allow the utilities to take over the remote control the major systems of your home, your power, your water, your gas.
There are really only two answers,
to go off grid, or to filter out all surges and pulses.
the latter is doable for anyone who wants to filter out the rising cotst of smart bills, since other than going off grid,=, using a smart meter filter, which is actually a sine wave tracking frequency attenuator,
is the only other way to sever yourself from the technocratic matrix.
Sure, it is still vital to shield the outside of your home from cancer clusters inducing cell towers and mini small cell towers on poles near your house.
Stucco with mesh wire can be effective,
very expensive Y-shield paint is said to work.
No idea how well
Just don’t do nothing. that is a recipe for biological failure over time.
Protect yourself, because you cannot make a pathological
corporation care about you,
Only you can look out for you.
And trusting ANY corporation is just the opposite of independence or autonomy.
So if not doable then use the industrial grade Sine Tamer
smart meter neutralizing device
which gets installed by an electrician in your circuit box.
We found it to be the only device that filters back out induced
surges and pulses on wiring, which in turn means anyone can
regain feeling well, getting back privacy, lowering smart bills,
protecting the delicate biology of loved ones.
No, I do not sell them
We dealt with the Canadian rep for this American company.
HIs name is Terry Stotyn
[email protected]
Not cheap to buy, but because it also can lower smart bills
based on pulses and surges, the cost of the filter ends up
defrayed by power bill savings
The ST has a superb warranty.
And yes, it works, we have before and after radiation testing done
even seems to filter out mile away cell tower surges which otherwise tend to couple to any energized lines in homes.
Frequencies seek out the path of least resistance.
Don’t let your home provide that path.
#3 by Carolyn Crneck on April 12, 2017 - 12:22 am
BC Hydro are liars, there itron Centron are surging and pulsing especially at night time radiating the living daylights out of you ..They need to go to the Supreme court of Canada and pay damages to people for radiation exposure from their extremely illegal meters. These meters are emitting radio frrquency microwave radiation through the wiring in your house or apt. Making lose your health, your energy, your sleep, your happiness. Pure evil
#4 by Maria Acosta on November 8, 2018 - 11:22 am
I remember watching a vidéo from BC in 2013 with the same problem. Probably BC Hydro is installing “non-communicating” meters (they do not “talk” to one another) but they still emit RF to be read at a distance, from side-walk or passing truck.
#5 by Leah MacDonald on November 8, 2018 - 7:03 pm
This is what I am supposed to have. I need to have it tested. I did not want a smart meter for several reasons the biggest being it is right beside my daughter’s bedroom. The way the room is build with small walls heat register and closet, her bed has too be against the wall with the hydro meter.
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#6 by Mia Nony on December 1, 2018 - 8:51 pm
ALL WIRELESS METERS ARE IGNITION SOURCES, (THEY ALSO CONTAIN LITHIUM BACKUP BATTERIES KNOWN TO CATCH FIRE)
Wireless electric meters are in fact classified as an ignition source.
Those with indoor analogue meters should be aware that their indoor meters are not allowed to be replaced with a wireless meter which is deemed to be unsafe indoors or inside any enclosure.
A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfathered rights or acquired rights, or to have been “grandfathered in”.
In other words, if a property owner actually were to have a safe analogue meter in his house or workshop, BC Hydro CANNOT replace it with a s/meter because a smart meter is classified as an ignition source and the property owner has grandfathered rights under the old rule which, in law, apparently exempts the owner from any new rule, which in turn would disallow the BCH installation of a wireless electric meter classified as an ‘ignition source’, inside any part of the structure that may potentially be enclosed.
Oddly, the outside of a home, often equally flammable, seems to be exempt from the need for any protective regulations concerning a smart meter as an ignition source.
BC Hydro does not admit that the meter is an ignition device (per se). However, they make clear that the meter CANNOT be installed within 3 ft of natural gas or 10 ft of propane gas.
Clearly this is BECAUSE it’s an ignition device – otherwise, why is there a problem? Smart meters are not just ignition devices, but are incendiary devices. They can and do catch fire and blow up even when they have no fuel source nearby.
How can a meter burn without nearby fuel to burn – unless the meter itself is the fuel source?
https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/electrical-connections/overhead-underground-connections.html
Meters must be installed between 1.5 m (5 ft) and 1.8 m (6 ft) above the finished grade.
Meters cannot be installed inside carports, garages, breezeways, or any part of the structure that may potentially be enclosed
or within 1.0 m (3 ft) of a natural gas relief discharge device or vent, or 3.0 m (10 ft) of a propane gas relief discharge device or vent.
Meters must be installed between 1.5 m (5 ft) and 1.8 m (6 ft) above the finished grade.
https://www.technicalsafetybc.ca/alerts/information-bulletin-clearance-meter-regulator-vents
So it seems that THERE IS A LAW THAT DOES NOT ALLOW A WIRELESS METER TO BE INSIDE A HOME, BECAUSE IT IS AN IGNITION SOURCE?
ENCLOSE YOUR METER WALL WITH A BUMP OUT ADDITION ON YOUR HOME, ANY KIND OF FULL SIZED ENCLOSURE. (NOT JUST A BOX) SUCH AS AN ENCLOSED BREEZEWAY WITH A ROOF OVERHANG AND DOORS ON EACH END.
That’s right. INCORPORATE Ithe meter wall entirelyT AS PART OF THE HOUSE, IT CAN BE VERY SMALL., say ten feet long and three or four feet deep. AND then YOU, too, MAY BE ABLE TO ARGUE THE RIGHT TO AN INDOOR ANALOGUE.
#7 by kar on January 11, 2019 - 1:52 pm
JANUARY 11/2019
HELLO, BCHYDRO WILL CHARGE ME 63 DOLLARS FOR REFUSING TO EXCHANGE MY ANALOG AGAINST THE NEW “RADIO METER”.
WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP THEM? I DO NOT WANT TO CALL BUT THEY CAME TODAY, FRIDAY AND WILL INSTALL IT ON MONDAY!. THEY CAN NOT AS THERE IS A BOX PROTECTING THE SMART METER.
THANK YOU!
#8 by CS on July 31, 2019 - 11:14 am
JULY 31, 2019
I have recently received another letter and subseuqent follow up phone call from ‘Catherine’ representing Gord Doyle General Manager Customer Service Operations BC Hydro.
There are threats of charging me AGAIN for refusal to change to a radio-off meter and will continue to do so each month afterward. They said that on their website they substantiate there is no radio emitting waves.
Can anyone provide updates on this issue?
#9 by Steve on August 7, 2019 - 12:47 pm
We’ve been receiving letters and phone calls threatening to shut off our power the next time we obstruct an installation. (After having paid the non-installation fee several times over the past few months and the Legacy meter charge for five years.) They’re planning to charge us a $700.00 reconnection fee. This is bloody outrageous for a monopoly which is mandated to serve the public. Nazis! BC Hydro is peopled with Nazis!
#10 by Lee on August 8, 2019 - 1:44 pm
I would like your good advice. I’ve been threatened about exchanging the meter inside the garage with a smart meter (either radio off or radio on). However, in reading the post above by Mia Nony (Dec, 2018), I understand that there is a law that protects me from having to acquiesce to their demands – through the law. Can you tell me where that law is written and how to access it in writing?
Also of note that in the garage, the car tailpipe, which after use can reach several hundred degrees, is only a few feet from the analog meter on the wall next to it. So not just natural gas or propane gas is an issue – so is the heat of the car.
Your good advice and specific legal links would be most appreciated. Thank you!
#11 by Lee on August 8, 2019 - 1:52 pm
to Kar and CS, I’ve received the same threats.
One option that may make the difference is that our analog meters are good for about 40 years. I learned from my meter reader a couple of weeks ago that ours was replaced in 2003. So it’s only 16 years into its 40-year lifespan. That means it’s still good. If you happen to know when yours were replaced, that is a point in your favour. We’re saving them money, and they’re saving us aggravation. That’s a win-win.
#12 by Steve on August 10, 2019 - 3:32 pm
Same goes here. We’ve been paying the $32.40 “Legacy” charge for 5 years and, more recently, the monthly “Failed-Installation” charge of $65.00 — not to mention the 300% usage increase in our “Equal Payment Plan” since 2012. (Plus, every summer we get our yearly equalization bill which is outrageously exorbitant.) I know full well that our bill will skyrocket even more if we allow the Stupid Meter in — even with “Radio-Off”. Up to and at the time of this writing, we’ve been getting disconnection phone calls and letters telling us they’re going to disconnect our power on August 21 — with a re-connection charge of $700.00!! — after never missing payment on an electric bill in 54 years!!! I AM FURIOUS WITH THESE GODDAMN FASCISTS!! Our government is corporate controlled and owned and the people have become irrelevant.
#13 by Lee on August 15, 2019 - 10:58 am
Interestingly, most of Canada’s provinces are on analogue meters (by choice). Alberta, for instance, has about a half dozen providers of electricity, three of whom deal solely with analogue meters. These companies are Atco, Enmax and Epcor.
In Saskatchewan, where fires broke out from smart meter installations there as well, the now former Premier Brad Wall cancelled the smart meter program in 2017, and all smart meters were taken out and replaced with analogue. So the whole province is now on analogue again. He was a very popular premier, but that decision was one of the most popular he ever made. He is still appreciated for it.
Next door, nearly all of Manitoba is on analogue, as are most provinces in Canada.
So Measurement-Canada-approved analogue meters are most definitely available if a change should be necessary (though not likely as analogue meters last 40 years). A quick call to any of the above companies will source the provider.
In the US, due to widespread public outcry and increasingly successful legal action, over 40 states have now reconsidered their stance on smart meters, and are offering a true analogue option. BC Hydro is definitely backwoods in insisting solely on smart meters (radio on or off).
Think how popular BC Hydro would be if they offered a genuine option of analogue meters for those who wished them. Such a move would end years of hostility. They would certainly earn my respect for being big enough to reconsider and allow analogue as an option. I would go out of my way to thank them.
Premier Horgan was very much against smart meters a few years ago when he was energy critic in opposition. He called smart meters a disaster waiting to happen. And he was right. He could issue an immediate moratorium on analogue replacement, pending further investigation. Bonus points there.
Please watch the TED talk by EMF expert Jeromy Johnson. He has a Masters in Engineering, working in Silicon Valley, and was a staunch proponent of all new technology — until he became ill. His research uncovered the cause, and so he methodically set to work on finding research on smart meter and all EMF safety. His website is very popular, and he consults on this issue around the world. His research sources are impeccable, and his problem-solution TED talk is a must-see (17 minutes). So glad I did: https://www.emfanalysis.com/tedx-wireless-wake-up-call/
#14 by Kathi on September 3, 2019 - 2:58 pm
Got letter today saying if i dont have smart meter installed by Sept 9 power will be disconnected. Since i have a home office i am unable to risk it. Sorry to say that i am going to have to let them do it.
Read about them not being able to install them in carport, breezeway etc. Is this true? Ours is in a wood build covered deck attached to the house next to phone line input box and bbq. A natural gas line less than 10 feet away. I am concerned about the smart meter being an ignition source.
#15 by L.G. on October 11, 2019 - 6:57 pm
Got a letter saying they will cut off our power 10/21 election day in Canada, is this a threat? They LIE LIE LIE about our analog meter being expired and it is only 19 years old and they last 40 years. This IS EXTORTION. Want to go off grid but can’t in time. We are being held hostage by our Electric Company. Help
#16 by Lavonne on January 20, 2020 - 3:29 pm
September 18/19 BC Hydro wrote us, saying the last thing they wanted to do was cut off our power, we could negotiate and we could contact an electrician to find a solution to our concerns re having a Smart Meter installed on our home. Sept. 19, BC Hydro turned our power off, before we could negotiate. Sept. 20, my husband asked for power to be turned on to save his farm produce in the coolers/freezers. Sept. 27 my husband had a stroke. October 5, he had a second stroke. I am electrosensitive and the “new energy” in our home was driving me mad, impaired my memory and I experienced cognitive dysfunction. An “Angel” contacted me through Citizens for Safer Technology and had us buy a Sine Tamer and 2 faraday cages (Smart Meter Guard brand), which saved our lives. The Radio-Off SMs that we have are emitting pulsed energy. IS THERE A PROFESSIONAL, RECOGNIZED BY OUR GOVERNMENT, WHO WOULD MEASURE THE EMISSIONS, SO IT CAN BE PROVEN THAT THE RADIO OFF SMs ARE HARMFUL AND MUST BE REMOVED? Think of all the people, who are not aware and have strokes, heart attacks, migraines, cancer, which could very well be the result of this unhealthy technology. The BCUC says they have no jurisdiction. The Ombudsman says it is up to our MLA. Our MLA, Doug Routley, says he can do nothing. Citizens for Smart Technology went to court re SMs and lost. Surely, there is a way out of this quagmire for all of us!
#17 by Lavonne on January 20, 2020 - 3:42 pm
I know an elderly woman, who has been losing her memory over the past few years. When asked if she had a Smart Meter, she couldn’t recall, thought she had the “old one”. I found that she does have a Smart Meter, with very high readings, pulsing between about.0450 mW/m2-.5000 mW/m2, reading in a bedroom above the Smart Meter. Also, hIgh readings in her bedroom and elsewhere in her house and outside. How can an elderly person, so vulnerable, and unable to get away from her home without special help, be protected? Indeed, this situation, endorsed and engineered by our Government and BC Hydro, who have access to information that contradicts Health Canada’s outdated policies, is ruthless and criminal.
#18 by admin on January 21, 2020 - 7:58 am
They can request that the smart meter be switched to “Radio Off” mode by BC Hydro.