Linky Electricity Meters in France have their detractors, but households refuse to install them amid the security and privacy of privacy conerns, it seems that they are among the least.
A different and, apparently, annual problem has recently resurfaced: ants.
Each year, it is estimated that 1,000 power cuts that are reported in Endis are the Caae Caae insects that congregate around the Lima Green meters, according to the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaînéThe equivalent of France to Private eye.
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The ants were attracted to the recycled materials used to house the meters, which is covered with a starch -based substance similar to the sugars found in the plants.
This insects is grouped, “causing the meter to detect the equivalent of a wave of energy and stumble upon the circuit switch,” said an Enedis customer.
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When the meter detects the anomaly, it changes to a safe fashion, which causes the power to come out. The electricity supplier confirmed that he was aware of these problems, which occur “between March and September” and are more common if the meter is located outside.
This is far from being a new phenomenon. In 2020, an Enedis spokesman in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region told the regional newspaper I will free it That ants were attracted to older electrical meters that date back to the 1990s.
Enedis engineers also had historical wasps, found, Hornets and even snakes around meters, said the spokesman at that time.
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