Smart meters are safe, reports finds
ESV has completed its draft report into the safety of Victoria's advanced metering infrastructure (smart meters). The report has found that smart meters are safe and don't pose any greater risk than older electronic or electromechanical meters.
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Updated Defect Listing
Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) provide the updated online defect listing.
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ESV/PIC Gas Safety Information Nights
Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) and the Plumbing Industry Commission (PIC) are holding 18 information nights across Melbourne and regional Victoria between Monday, 30 April, and Thursday, 14 June, 2012.
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Get brick chimneys and gas heaters checked this winter to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Energy Safe Victoria is urging all Victorians with gas heaters built into brick chimneys to get them tested for carbon monoxide spillage before winter. This includes space and room heaters and decorative log fires.
While brick chimneys are designed to safely remove combustion products from the home, they can deteriorate over time. Any holes in the mortar or brick work could stop the chimney drawing properly. If the fault is bad enough, it may create back pressure that could push toxic carbon monoxide into living areas.
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Certificate of Home Safety Inspection Report
This Certificate of Home Safety Inspection template is provided by ESV, the electricity safety regulator for Victoria. The purpose of Home Safety Inspection is to determine, so far as is reasonably practicable, whether an electrical installation is in a satisfactory condition for continued service. This report provides an assessment of the condition of the electrical installation at the time it was inspected, taking into account the stated extent of the installation and the limitations of the inspection and testing.
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Smart meters are safe: A statement from Victoria's Director of Energy Safety
There has been a fair bit of media coverage recently about smart meters allegedly “exploding” in the Pascoe Vale area following what is now believed to be tampering.
These news reports have caused undue concern in the community and I want to assure Victorians that smart meters are not exploding, as has been reported by some sections of the media.
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