New to Group - questions

Hello to all here I have recently joined eSens and have been reading
many back posts for information.

My ES (and that of other family members) is most likely due to
faulty wiring in my father's home. The variety of symptoms
experienced (eg to name a few: headaches, nerve tingling, tingling
in feet when standing on kitchen linoleum, insomnia, fatigue - my
stepmother can even hear a "hum" in the air throughout the home)
disappear in us when outside the home or in other homes next door or
locally in the neighborhood. I myself do not live in the home, and
only experience issues when within that specific house. The prior
owners built on two additions to the house on their own, without use
of licensed electricians to complete the wiring. Several visits from
licensed electricians later and the problems have not abated, but
are increasing. Visits from the town electric co. (who supplies the
power) have indicated that the incoming power is not "dirty"; as our
neighbors don't suffer problems nor do we when spending long periods
of time in their homes, or utilizing our computers or other
appliances in their homes, we tend the believe that the problem is
indigenous to the house. (and we don't live anywhere near tension
wires, cell or radio towers, don't have dimmer switches, compact
bulbs or DEC phones, etc.)

My questions to the group: are there qualified companies that can
visit the home to conduct a proper assessment, and perhaps help to
remedy the issues? My parents are semi-retired and do not wish to
sell or move. They live in central Massachusetts.

Also - the Stetzer meters and filters - I recently found the Stetzer
website and actually spoke w/the owner David at length, who
recommended purchase of the meter and potentially up to 20-30
filters. What are your experiences with these products and can they
help?

My father (perhaps mistakenly) is of the belief that if the faulty
electrical wiring/structural problem can be determined and fixed,
rather than purchasing placing filters, then most of the symptoms
could disappear. I am interseted in opinions and the experiences of
others here. many thanks - Mel

> Also - the Stetzer meters and filters - I recently found the Stetzer
> website and actually spoke w/the owner David at length, who
> recommended purchase of the meter and potentially up to 20-30
> filters. What are your experiences with these products and can they
> help?

Some people have reported good results from the Stetzer filters,
others have felt that they made their problems worse and returned
the filters.

I had one outlet which had unusually high readings on the Stetzer
meter. Amazingly enough, my simply replacing the outlet with a
$2 outlet from Home Depot lowered the readings and solved the
problem! (a $2 outlet is considered "high-end", I think the
outlet that was there originally was one of the 25 cent ones).

> My father (perhaps mistakenly) is of the belief that if the faulty
> electrical wiring/structural problem can be determined and fixed,
> rather than purchasing placing filters, then most of the symptoms
> could disappear. I am interseted in opinions and the experiences of
> others here. many thanks - Mel

Certainly if nobody has any problems in the next-door neighbors
house but has terrible problems in that house, then I think I'd
agree with your father. But finding the problem and fixing
it may be difficult.

Also, if there are any wireless devices in the house (wireless
phones, internet, etc.), replacing them with wired versions
might be helpful.

Marc

> The variety of symptoms
> experienced (eg to name a few: headaches, nerve tingling, tingling
> in feet when standing on kitchen linoleum, insomnia, fatigue - my
> stepmother can even hear a "hum" in the air throughout the home)

P.S. have you at least gone around the house and checked that
all the outlets are wired correctly? (you can get an outlet
tester for less than $10).

Also, note that one bad transformer on one piece of electronics
can cause a lot of problems. Using a Stetzer meter and experimenting
with unplugging things could find something like that. I think
I read about someone who got ES simply because of a bad
power supply on their modem...

Marc

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > The variety of symptoms
> > experienced (eg to name a few: headaches, nerve tingling,
tingling
> > in feet when standing on kitchen linoleum, insomnia, fatigue -
my
> > stepmother can even hear a "hum" in the air throughout the home)
>
> P.S. have you at least gone around the house and checked that
> all the outlets are wired correctly? (you can get an outlet
> tester for less than $10).

This was one of the first things checked, by us and by electricians
that were brought in. Everything checked out ok.


>
> Also, note that one bad transformer on one piece of electronics
> can cause a lot of problems. Using a Stetzer meter and
experimenting
> with unplugging things could find something like that. I think
> I read about someone who got ES simply because of a bad
> power supply on their modem...

I'll tell you, at one point they went and unplugged *everything* in
the house, for several hours. First doing one room at a time, then
everything at once (inc. appliances & phones, even the doorbell,
etc.), and the problem still persisted. It's been impossible to
trace it to a particular room/area or appliance through this means;
which is why I was hopeful that the Stetzer meter might help locate
a potential source.


>
> Marc
>

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > The variety of symptoms
> > experienced (eg to name a few: headaches, nerve tingling,
tingling
> > in feet when standing on kitchen linoleum, insomnia, fatigue -
my
> > stepmother can even hear a "hum" in the air throughout the home)
>
> P.S. have you at least gone around the house and checked that
> all the outlets are wired correctly? (you can get an outlet
> tester for less than $10).

This was one of the first things checked, by us and by electricians
that were brought in. Everything checked out ok.


>
> Also, note that one bad transformer on one piece of electronics
> can cause a lot of problems. Using a Stetzer meter and
experimenting
> with unplugging things could find something like that. I think
> I read about someone who got ES simply because of a bad
> power supply on their modem...

I'll tell you, at one point they went and unplugged *everything* in
the house, for several hours. First doing one room at a time, then
everything at once (inc. appliances & phones, even the doorbell,
etc.), and the problem still persisted. It's been impossible to
trace it to a particular room/area or appliance through this means;
which is why I was hopeful that the Stetzer meter might help locate
a potential source.


>
> Marc
>

> which is why I was hopeful that the Stetzer meter might help locate
> a potential source.

I suppose the Stetzer meter might be able to pinpoint the source
because the readings should be higher as you get closer to the
problem. Of course, if the meter is maxed out throughout the
house, then it won't tell you anything.

Marc

> I'll tell you, at one point they went and unplugged *everything* in
> the house, for several hours. First doing one room at a time, then
> everything at once (inc. appliances & phones, even the doorbell,
> etc.), and the problem still persisted.

Another option for a pesky, unsolvable problem is to use something
from Quantum Products. For example:

http://quantumproducts.com/catalog/quantum_home.html

I know that this has been helpful for me at work, where there is
basically nothing I can do about the hundreds of fluorescent
lights and computers all around me. I've also seen positive
reports here from a few folks, although I think that the
positive reports from the Stetzer filters outnumber them.

Marc

> I'll tell you, at one point they went and unplugged *everything* in
> the house, for several hours. First doing one room at a time, then
> everything at once (inc. appliances & phones, even the doorbell,
> etc.), and the problem still persisted.

Oh, another thought... did you go to the fusebox, turn off all power
to the house, and see if the problem still persisted?

Marc

--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > I'll tell you, at one point they went and unplugged *everything*
in
> > the house, for several hours. First doing one room at a time, then
> > everything at once (inc. appliances & phones, even the doorbell,
> > etc.), and the problem still persisted.
>
> Oh, another thought... did you go to the fusebox, turn off all power
> to the house, and see if the problem still persisted?
>
> Marc
>

Hello Marc -
Yes we flipped the main switch. The problem did seem to dissapate
then, this was the only solution that gave some relief. It does imply
some incoming power issues perhaps.

Am ordering a Stetzer meter this week. Hopefully it will at least
confirm the problems and assist in perhaps locating the major problem
areas.

I presume you have a meter that measures electromagnetic fields?

I have problems with hotspots in the house and we recently discovered
that the circuit for the dryer downstairs is partly responsible for the
constant elevated fields. We haven't testing finished yet.

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