Grounded outlet: observations

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> Two nights ago we grounded the outlet at my husband's home office
> workstation
> -- the one into which we plug two computers, three printers, scanner,
> external
> hard drive, a desk lamp, etc. Unlike others in our home, this outlet
> had never
> been properly grounded before. (Don't ask...) When we were done, my
> husband
> immediately said he could sense a difference. That night he spent
> several hours
> working at his computer as usual, and continued to experience a
> significant
> difference in his work environment. His description to me was that he
> felt lighter
> and his spirits were unusually good (which from long experience I know
> tends to
> mean that he was experiencing dramatically less physical pain).
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> I should add that my husband works from home and spends most of his
> time at
> this particular workstation. We are lucky that we control his work
> environment
> and can freely apply what we are learning about ES.
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> Additional observations: my husband woke yesterday morning feeling
> that he had
> rested unusually well. He then proceeded an extraordinarily productive
> and
> enjoyable day. (Work projects, house chores, etc.) We went out to
> dinner and
> even dared to go into one of the stores that normally he cannot
> tolerate for
> more than a few minutes (lots of fluorescent lighting). He did wear
> his OM
> Polarizer during this last experiment, and we noticed an increased
> tolerance for
> the unfriendly high-EMF environment.
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> Since it is early, and we have been experimenting with several things
> in the past
> few days, it is not possible to say for certain which particular
> change is
> responsible for the "good day" that we had yesterday -- or even if that
> experience will be replicated in days or weeks to come. However, our
> intuition
> says that grounding the outlet at the workstation is an important
> factor, and we
> are encouraged to do more of this and to continue our shielding efforts
> (appliance cords, etc.).
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> Have others on this list had similar or difficult results with
> grounding or
> shielding?
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> Cara
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> > The original electricians didn't quite understand the importance of
> > grounding and running the neutral with the hot wire to cancel the
> > magnetic field.
> > I love hearing about some success in this area.
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>Is there some easy way to determine if your grounding is not correct?
>I have a meter for measuring AC magnetic fields (reads 0.1 -199.9 mG
>over the ELF range of 30 - 400 Hz)... is it as simple as looking for
>unusually high fields?
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>Marc
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>From: "Cara" <[hidden email]>
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>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [eSens] Re: Grounded outlet: observations
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:23:04 -0000
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>We use a device very similar to the circuit analyzer Emil mentions,
>although ours was from www.timemotiontools.com (a great resource for
>electrical and grounding supplies).
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>Until we obtained our tester we had no idea that many of our 3-prong
>outlets were incorrectly grounded. We had naively assumed that 3
>prongs = grounded. This assumption is wrong, expensive, and
>dangerous. WRONG because, as an electrician friend pointed out, it's
>almost impossible to find two-pronged face plates any more. So, a
>builder or landlord will often use a 3-pronged face plate on an
>outlet whether or not they have correctly grounded that outlet.
>EXPENSIVE because incorrect or lack of grounding has almost certainly
>resulted in the repeated malfunctioning of our computer equipment
>over the years; we've had our computers in and out of the repair
>shops with mysterious maladies, even while they were brand new.
>DANGEROUS because my husband has been unnecessarily and unknowingly
>exposed to higher than necessary levels of EMF for extended periods
>over the past six years. And he never experienced ES symptoms before
>he lived in this home and started spending most of his time at this
>workstation.
>
>No one should be exposed to unhealthy levels of EMF, obviously, but
>in our case what really bites is that at least a partial remedy would
>have been so easy. We had no employers or landlords to contend with -
>and the process of grounding an outlet is simple enough for non-
>technicians like us to handle ourselves. Only naivete and ignorance
>prevented us from taking the necessary steps before damage was done.
>
>Cara
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>--- In [hidden email], "Less EMF Inc." <lessemf@l...> wrote:
> > One easy way to check for proper grounding is to use a 3-wire
>circuit analyzer.
> > See http://www.lessemf.com/unique.html#160
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>From: "Cara" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [eSens] Re: Grounded outlet: observations
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:23:04 -0000
>
>
>We use a device very similar to the circuit analyzer Emil mentions,
>although ours was from www.timemotiontools.com (a great resource for
>electrical and grounding supplies).
>
>Until we obtained our tester we had no idea that many of our 3-prong
>outlets were incorrectly grounded. We had naively assumed that 3
>prongs = grounded. This assumption is wrong, expensive, and
>dangerous. WRONG because, as an electrician friend pointed out, it's
>almost impossible to find two-pronged face plates any more. So, a
>builder or landlord will often use a 3-pronged face plate on an
>outlet whether or not they have correctly grounded that outlet.
>EXPENSIVE because incorrect or lack of grounding has almost certainly
>resulted in the repeated malfunctioning of our computer equipment
>over the years; we've had our computers in and out of the repair
>shops with mysterious maladies, even while they were brand new.
>DANGEROUS because my husband has been unnecessarily and unknowingly
>exposed to higher than necessary levels of EMF for extended periods
>over the past six years. And he never experienced ES symptoms before
>he lived in this home and started spending most of his time at this
>workstation.
>
>No one should be exposed to unhealthy levels of EMF, obviously, but
>in our case what really bites is that at least a partial remedy would
>have been so easy. We had no employers or landlords to contend with -
>and the process of grounding an outlet is simple enough for non-
>technicians like us to handle ourselves. Only naivete and ignorance
>prevented us from taking the necessary steps before damage was done.
>
>Cara
>
>--- In [hidden email], "Less EMF Inc." <lessemf@l...> wrote:
> > One easy way to check for proper grounding is to use a 3-wire
>circuit analyzer.
> > See http://www.lessemf.com/unique.html#160
> >
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>> The original electricians didn't quite understand the importance of
>> grounding and running the neutral with the hot wire to cancel the
>> magnetic field.
>> I love hearing about some success in this area.
>
> Is there some easy way to determine if your grounding is not correct?
> I have a meter for measuring AC magnetic fields (reads 0.1 -199.9 mG
> over the ELF range of 30 - 400 Hz)... is it as simple as looking for
> unusually high fields?
>
> Marc
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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