Hidden Home Hazards: Electric Utility Meters
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Expert: Inconspicuous Meters Can Cause House Fires
NEW YORK (CBS) ― Hundreds of New Yorkers may be at risk to lose their homes in raging fires, but what's more shocking what could cause the fires: your utility's electric meter.
It may sound far-fetched, but it was a frightening reality for the Norris family of White Plains, who recently moved into a new house seven months after watching their previous one burn to the ground.....
In fact, most recent statistics from a three-year period show some 425 house fires nationwide have been started at the meter, which is what the Norris' believe happened to them.
A new digital meter was installed four months earlier in their house, but they say Con Ed never got permission nor notified them. Mr. Norris discovered the new unit just two hours before the fire ignited.
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