Re: Lucinda's book and electrical remediations (formerly cell towers)

Hi, Kathy,
 
Sorry this email is long, since I am also answering a previous question that I think you asked.

I was not really promoting Lucinda Grant's book; I was saying that I wouldn't dismiss it just because she prayed.  I actually have not read it.  I really have not read many of the books that were listed, not that they would/ could not help/have helped me!  Most of them are recently written or I just didn't know about them back when I needed that info.  I read a The Powerwatch Handbook, but it turned out I already knew almost all of the info from getting the info here at this forum or from just waking up thinking something was a good idea to try.  

If your husband can use the computer, I can perhaps send you some more targeted info for him to copy to paper for you to read (if you can explain what you need).  He can also copy to Word and you can read it offline but on your computer, which may or may not be helpful, depending on your computer emfs.  I have lots of email (and a real life)  ;), so it will not be immediate, but I promise to send info if I can help you.

What are you having the most problems with, Kathy?  Write me some of the things you need help with.  Are you the person who asked about house wiring recently?  I was going to look up a website and answer, but I am so behind, I hadn't gotten to it yet, so I am doing that here.  Also, where are you located? (The State, not actual address)

I know an electrical engineer who works with ES people (in Wisconsin) who you can call on for a fee.  He was very reasonable (I think he takes into consideration your money problems and charges according to that).  His name is Spark Burmaster.  He has a website and you can also talk with him by phone; I believe his number is on the site, but if not I can get that for you.  Contact him initially by email, tho.  This is Spark's website:

http://e-options.info/

He spent hours on the phone with me previous to our rewiring our house.  What he had to say was very helpful; but in the end it is your electrician who really has to latch onto the info.  We went thru 5 electricians over the course of the work, mainly because they refused to take my word for anything and, behind my back, did it their way.  (Hint: up-front money--limit this.  Contract with the electrician to do only a particular job.  For instance, we used one recommended electrician for setting up our circuit box.  He drove me insane and didn't make it to round #2.  We had another recommended electrician rough in a switch where a wall was changed.  In the attic, he could not find the center of the house to locate the stud where the switch was to go--serious, not kidding!  He did not make it to round #3....)  

Examples of what the electrical engineer can help with: Each house is different.  The way the utilities come to each house is different.  The EE talked me thru how to have the power company remove the meter from the house and set it on a pole at the end of our drive with a kill switch (the kill switch removes you totally from the neighborhood power grid); how to bring electric and other utilities into the house thru our semi-attached garage so that the electrical panel is on the opposite side of the garage instead of in the house.  We set our tv and wired in phones (2) + 1 dsl modem up at only the very end of the house--and can move them totally to the garage in time if I need it (the garage is going to get a make over into a living space when we can afford it, so hubby can go there to watch tv).  We have made provisions for going all gas, rather than electric if it comes to that.  

More the EE discussed:
Only the fridge, the furnace fan, 2 exhaust fans, and a couple ceiling lights are always plugged in/ wired in.  All other electrics are kept unplugged except when used.  And we have dedicated circuits so that the fridge and furnace fan can be left on, but all else turned off at the breaker box at night.  Next year we hope to transition to all gas fridge and furnace, thereby making it possible to do without any electricity at night for over 9 months of the year;  we can actually turn the electricity off at the road when that is accomplished.  There is no ceiling light in the main bedroom.  That way, we needed no wiring in the ceiling on that side of the house at all.  We use battery candles at night when we go to bed.  

We had the EE look at what existed (sent him a detailed sketch) and he discussed how to pare down wires and, especially, copper water pipes, which snaked their way all over the basement ceiling, but essentially were needed only on the back of the house, if the hot water tank were moved.  That helped the main bedroom--it had three water pipes under it and we could remove them all.  These were all pricey jobs but they did wonders for the house.  (We bought the house knowing it was a total gut and remodel.)  We put in di-electric unions as well.  Spark also discussed where to put wires so that I was not walking on them, or sitting or sleeping near them.  There are 0 wires behind our beds, sofas, and chairs.  There are no wires in walking areas or the kitchen floor.  Wires were placed behind cupboards, closets, and stairway making the most of insulation and distance from living space.  

Electrical wiring and most of what we did was quite pricey but there are things which you can learn to do yourself, such as looking for ground loops (even if you have to have an electrician actually correct them) and eliminating the most offensive of all switches--dimmer switches.  Removing just 1 noxious dimmer switch made the difference of me being able to remain in that house or not.  Other less expensive, but very helpful ideas are putting di-electric unions on the water and gas lines coming into the house (to keep neighboring electrics from entering the house on the gas and water lines), checking your house for multiple grounding rods, and making sure the proper things are running to only one good grounding rod.  We found 3 grounding rods outside the house when we started looking.  Also we were told NOT to ground our phone and to bring the wires in overhead, and indeed, trying to ground it, as the phone company employee did when she set up phone
 service, did result in horrific emfs.  But this is probably because there is a telephone substation 25 feet away and may only be important for the situation at our house.  

These specifics are just off the top of my head; lots more to consider about wiring.  But if you are asking for info here, be as specific as possible in your asking.  Not everyone here likes writing as much as I do. lol Last time I talked to Spark, he was just setting the site up and indicated he was going to put more info there, but I don't see it.  He may have some free info for ESSERS at another address, tho.  Still, I would contact him, say you desperately need help, and ask what he can tell you for whatever you can afford.  

Hope this was at least somewhat helpful.
Good luck, Kathy,
Diane










     

Evie,

I'm so glad you wrote. You've been very helpful. Not everyone want's to talk about wiring issues. I'm sure you have a lot of knowledge from doing all you did.

I'll read Spark's website.

Our budget is limited for now. We bought knew this house needed work. We'll do what we can. Yes, I print papers for my husband

Was it hard for your spouse to understand when they're not the canary? In the long run will help whole families  health.

I'll get in touch privately unless you want me to email the group. I've been waking up
 w/n 5 mins of my husband turning on the computer. My son' started waking up from it too.

My daughter's been reacting & doesn't realize. She can't sleep well. She told me reacts to analog tv's. We'll have to buy the safest lcd & she won't use it much.

I'll be in touch after xmas. Don't know if you're busy before New Years.

Blessings,
Kathy
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Re: [eSens] Re: Lucinda's book and electrical remediations (formerly cell towers)
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Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 5:24 PM







 



 


   
     
     
      Hi, Kathy,

 

Sorry this email is long, since I am also answering a previous question that I think you asked.



I was not really promoting Lucinda Grant's book; I was saying that I wouldn't dismiss it just because she prayed.  I actually have not read it.  I really have not read many of the books that were listed, not that they would/ could not help/have helped me!  Most of them are recently written or I just didn't know about them back when I needed that info.  I read a The Powerwatch Handbook, but it turned out I already knew almost all of the info from getting the info here at this forum or from just waking up thinking something was a good idea to try.  



If your husband can use the computer, I can perhaps send you some more targeted info for him to copy to paper for you to read (if you can explain what you need).  He can also copy to Word and you can read it offline but on your computer, which may or may not be helpful, depending on your computer emfs.  I have lots of email (and a real life)  ;), so it will not be immediate, but I promise to send info if I can help you.



What are you having the most problems with, Kathy?  Write me some of the things you need help with.  Are you the person who asked about house wiring recently?  I was going to look up a website and answer, but I am so behind, I hadn't gotten to it yet, so I am doing that here.  Also, where are you located? (The State, not actual address)



I know an electrical engineer who works with ES people (in Wisconsin) who you can call on for a fee.  He was very reasonable (I think he takes into consideration your money problems and charges according to that).  His name is Spark Burmaster.  He has a website and you can also talk with him by phone; I believe his number is on the site, but if not I can get that for you.  Contact him initially by email, tho.  This is Spark's website:



http://e-options.info/



He spent hours on the phone with me previous to our rewiring our house.  What he had to say was very helpful; but in the end it is your electrician who really has to latch onto the info.  We went thru 5 electricians over the course of the work, mainly because they refused to take my word for anything and, behind my back, did it their way.  (Hint: up-front money--limit this.  Contract with the electrician to do only a particular job.  For instance, we used one recommended electrician for setting up our circuit box.  He drove me insane and didn't make it to round #2.  We had another recommended electrician rough in a switch where a wall was changed.  In the attic, he could not find the center of the house to locate the stud where the switch was to go--serious, not kidding!  He did not make it to round #3....)  



Examples of what the electrical engineer can help with: Each house is different.  The way the utilities come to each house is different.  The EE talked me thru how to have the power company remove the meter from the house and set it on a pole at the end of our drive with a kill switch (the kill switch removes you totally from the neighborhood power grid); how to bring electric and other utilities into the house thru our semi-attached garage so that the electrical panel is on the opposite side of the garage instead of in the house.  We set our tv and wired in phones (2) + 1 dsl modem up at only the very end of the house--and can move them totally to the garage in time if I need it (the garage is going to get a make over into a living space when we can afford it, so hubby can go there to watch tv).  We have made provisions for going all gas, rather than electric if it comes to that.  



More the EE discussed:

Only the fridge, the furnace fan, 2 exhaust fans, and a couple ceiling lights are always plugged in/ wired in.  All other electrics are kept unplugged except when used.  And we have dedicated circuits so that the fridge and furnace fan can be left on, but all else turned off at the breaker box at night.  Next year we hope to transition to all gas fridge and furnace, thereby making it possible to do without any electricity at night for over 9 months of the year;  we can actually turn the electricity off at the road when that is accomplished.  There is no ceiling light in the main bedroom.  That way, we needed no wiring in the ceiling on that side of the house at all.  We use battery candles at night when we go to bed.  



We had the EE look at what existed (sent him a detailed sketch) and he discussed how to pare down wires and, especially, copper water pipes, which snaked their way all over the basement ceiling, but essentially were needed only on the back of the house, if the hot water tank were moved.  That helped the main bedroom--it had three water pipes under it and we could remove them all.  These were all pricey jobs but they did wonders for the house.  (We bought the house knowing it was a total gut and remodel.)  We put in di-electric unions as well.  Spark also discussed where to put wires so that I was not walking on them, or sitting or sleeping near them.  There are 0 wires behind our beds, sofas, and chairs.  There are no wires in walking areas or the kitchen floor.  Wires were placed behind cupboards, closets, and stairway making the most of insulation and distance from living space.  



Electrical wiring and most of what we did was quite pricey but there are things which you can learn to do yourself, such as looking for ground loops (even if you have to have an electrician actually correct them) and eliminating the most offensive of all switches--dimmer switches.  Removing just 1 noxious dimmer switch made the difference of me being able to remain in that house or not.  Other less expensive, but very helpful ideas are putting di-electric unions on the water and gas lines coming into the house (to keep neighboring electrics from entering the house on the gas and water lines), checking your house for multiple grounding rods, and making sure the proper things are running to only one good grounding rod.  We found 3 grounding rods outside the house when we started looking.  Also we were told NOT to ground our phone and to bring the wires in overhead, and indeed, trying to ground it, as the phone company employee did when she set up phone

 service, did result in horrific emfs.  But this is probably because there is a telephone substation 25 feet away and may only be important for the situation at our house.  



These specifics are just off the top of my head; lots more to consider about wiring.  But if you are asking for info here, be as specific as possible in your asking.  Not everyone here likes writing as much as I do. lol Last time I talked to Spark, he was just setting the site up and indicated he was going to put more info there, but I don't see it.  He may have some free info for ESSERS at another address, tho.  Still, I would contact him, say you desperately need help, and ask what he can tell you for whatever you can afford.  



Hope this was at least somewhat helpful.

Good luck, Kathy,

Diane





   
     

   
   


 



 





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