“FCC compliance violations are likely to occur under widespread conditions of installation and operation of smart meters and collector meters in California,” says a new study issued January 1 by Sage Associates.
The report warns that cumulative radiofrequency exposures from various devices make it impossible to guarantee that FCC radiation limits will not be exceeded: “Power transmitters that will relay information from appliances inside buildings with wireless smart meters produce high, localized RF pulses. Any appliance that contains a power transmitter (for example, dishwashers, washers, dryers, ranges and ovens, convection ovens, microwave ovens, flash water heaters, refrigerators, etc) will create another ‘layer of RF signals’ that may cumulatively increase RF exposures from the smart meter(s)…It should be emphasized that no single assertion of compliance can adequately cover the vast number of site-specific conditions in which smart meters are installed.”
While independent research indicates that FCC radiofrequency emission limits are not strict enough to protect public health, this report shows that smart meter installations under normal operating conditions could exceed even those limits.
The entire report, Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters, can be downloaded from the link.