I probably have a greater risk of being run over by a car
where I live than my remote-read meter exploding.
About 90 time more likely to be a road traffic accident fatality than your electronic meter having a reported fault causing a fire according to the link our friend posted. Fault, not fatality - his link states that there have been
no reported fatalities.
There are risks and dangers in almost everything.
You just have to do the best you can
JR
You are right of course. The electrical field possibly/probably poses more risks than others of serious consequences. We put procedures in place to mitigate those risk but incidents still happen. Mostly down to human error one way or another rather than equipment failure. I've known of couple, one of which caused very serious personal injury to a customer. You can beat yourself up over it. And I did. Should my warning labels, even though compliant with mandatory requirements, have been better? Placed differently? Been more of them? Could/should our instruction manuals and training have been better? Caused me lost sleep and still doesn't sit well.
On your point about risks and on a lighter and rather off topic (mods be kind)...
Professor Heinz Wolff was a writer, radio and television presenter and cultivated the archetypal "mad scientist" but actually a serious contributor in his field (bio engineering).
For one of the Sunday glossies he wrote an article about leisure activities and risk.
Turns out that fishing had the most injuries per incidence of partaking in the activity.
