Bill Bruno wrote: My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got it to > .03. What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or anyone else,like myself? \ TIA Laurel Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground loops were and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA
--- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <[hidden email]> wrote: From: laurel canyon <[hidden email]> Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" To: [hidden email] Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM Bill Bruno wrote: My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got it to > .03. What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or anyone else,like myself? \ TIA Laurel Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is
grounded, and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two places, you have a ground loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't want any connection, but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and legally should insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. A more code compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a dielectric union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're disconnecting and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial current (usually it's tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire across the cut and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove or insulated pliers) ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water main which could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground wires could too. Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure you break the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the house, or there's a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to notice any improvement. Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different circuits are connected behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field at the panel throughout the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a ground loop from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so terrible because both wires stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances where water and gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice maker, stove, furnace) are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find vinyl hose connectors for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same for an ice maker. For gas appliances, get a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check that there is current in the pipe near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the field gets a bit higher near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" or buzz stick for this. You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure to try different orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. This is actually quite sensitive and the electrician's current meter won't detect it. If the loop is big a few milliamps is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. These are worse than ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the Fields. If the field goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to separate the neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the ground wires too, and you've fixed a ground loop. In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added and the ground connected loosely to the old ground wire. Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other motors are off, and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing those will lower the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground loops, but you can't even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. Bill On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground loops were > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <[hidden email]<laurelarc%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > From: laurel canyon <[hidden email] <laurelarc%40yahoo.com>> > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > To: [hidden email] <eSens%40yahoogroups.com> > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got it to > > .03. > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or anyone else, > like myself? > \ > TIA > > Laurel > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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thankyou so much, Bill,
i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel and i know it will be of great help to many others, including me. thanks again, diane --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Bill Bruno <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" To: [hidden email] Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is grounded, and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two places, you have a ground loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't want any connection, but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and legally should insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. A more code compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a dielectric union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're disconnecting and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial current (usually it's tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire across the cut and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove or insulated pliers) ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water main which could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground wires could too. Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure you break the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the house, or there's a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to notice any improvement. Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different circuits are connected behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field at the panel throughout the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a ground loop from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so terrible because both wires stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances where water and gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice maker, stove, furnace) are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find vinyl hose connectors for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same for an ice maker. For gas appliances, get a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check that there is current in the pipe near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the field gets a bit higher near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" or buzz stick for this. You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure to try different orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. This is actually quite sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If the loop is big a few milliamps is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. These are worse than ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the Fields. If the field goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to separate the neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the ground wires too, and you've fixed a ground loop. In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added and the ground connected loosely to the old ground wire. Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other motors are off, and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing those will lower the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground loops, but you can't even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. Bill On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com> wrote: > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground loops were > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com<laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > wrote: > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got it to > > .03. > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or anyone else, > like myself? > \ > TIA > > Laurel > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
This video explains how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqzglm8GO4&feature=channel_page On 21-Jun-09, at 11:46 AM, Evie wrote: > > > thankyou so much, Bill, > > i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find > references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i > highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel and i > know it will be of great help to many others, including me. > > thanks again, > diane > > --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <[hidden email]> wrote: > > From: Bill Bruno <[hidden email]> > Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > To: [hidden email] > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM > > The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is > grounded, > and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference > know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. > > If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two > places, > you have a ground > loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't > want any > connection, > but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and > legally should > insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. > A more > code > compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a > dielectric > union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're > disconnecting > and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial > current > (usually it's > tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire > across the > cut > and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove > or > insulated pliers) > ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water > main > which > could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground > wires could > too. > > Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure > you > break > the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. > > Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the > house, > or there's > a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to > notice > any > improvement. > > Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different > circuits > are connected > behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field > at the > panel throughout > the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a > ground loop > from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so > terrible > because both wires > stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances > where > water and > gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice > maker, > stove, furnace) > are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find > vinyl > hose connectors > for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same > for an > ice maker. For gas appliances, get > a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check > that there > is current in the pipe > near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the > field > gets a bit higher > near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" > or > buzz stick for this. > You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure > to try > different > orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. > This is > actually quite > sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If > the loop > is big a few milliamps > is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). > > I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. > These > are worse than > ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the > Fields. If the field > goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to > separate the > neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the > ground > wires too, and you've > fixed a ground loop. > > In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added > and the > ground > connected loosely to the old ground wire. > > Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other > motors > are off, > and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing > those > will lower > the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground > loops, but > you can't > even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. > > Bill > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > com> wrote: > > > > > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground > loops were > > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com<laurelarc > %40yahoo. com>> > > wrote: > > > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got > it to > > > .03. > > > > > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or > anyone else, > > like myself? > > \ > > TIA > > > > Laurel > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Thanks! I'd never seen a grounding plate before. How well do they work?
I assume that's not a TT grounding system they did? I did not grasp the shot showing tape on the big ground wire, but it's still connected to the panel. On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Bob Connolly <[hidden email]>wrote: > > > This video explains how to do it. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqzglm8GO4&feature=channel_page > > > On 21-Jun-09, at 11:46 AM, Evie wrote: > > > > > > > thankyou so much, Bill, > > > > i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find > > references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i > > highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel and i > > know it will be of great help to many others, including me. > > > > thanks again, > > diane > > > > --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <[hidden email] <wbruno%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > From: Bill Bruno <[hidden email] <wbruno%40gmail.com>> > > Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > To: [hidden email] <eSens%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM > > > > The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is > > grounded, > > and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference > > know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. > > > > If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two > > places, > > you have a ground > > loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't > > want any > > connection, > > but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and > > legally should > > insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. > > A more > > code > > compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a > > dielectric > > union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're > > disconnecting > > and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial > > current > > (usually it's > > tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire > > across the > > cut > > and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove > > or > > insulated pliers) > > ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water > > main > > which > > could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground > > wires could > > too. > > > > Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure > > you > > break > > the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. > > > > Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the > > house, > > or there's > > a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to > > notice > > any > > improvement. > > > > Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different > > circuits > > are connected > > behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field > > at the > > panel throughout > > the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a > > ground loop > > from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so > > terrible > > because both wires > > stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances > > where > > water and > > gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice > > maker, > > stove, furnace) > > are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find > > vinyl > > hose connectors > > for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same > > for an > > ice maker. For gas appliances, get > > a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check > > that there > > is current in the pipe > > near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the > > field > > gets a bit higher > > near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" > > or > > buzz stick for this. > > You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure > > to try > > different > > orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. > > This is > > actually quite > > sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If > > the loop > > is big a few milliamps > > is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). > > > > I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. > > These > > are worse than > > ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the > > Fields. If the field > > goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to > > separate the > > neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the > > ground > > wires too, and you've > > fixed a ground loop. > > > > In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added > > and the > > ground > > connected loosely to the old ground wire. > > > > Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other > > motors > > are off, > > and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing > > those > > will lower > > the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground > > loops, but > > you can't > > even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. > > > > Bill > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > > com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground > > loops were > > > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > > > > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com<laurelarc > > %40yahoo. com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > > > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > > > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > > > > > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > > > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got > > it to > > > > .03. > > > > > > > > > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or > > anyone else, > > > like myself? > > > \ > > > TIA > > > > > > Laurel > > > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Tape on the big ground wire? I did not see that either. an
electrician did this to my house and the electrical inspector signed off on it. the ground is still to the plumbing - but the water intake is no longer connected as it is on the other side of the dielectric coupling. As you can see the EMF in the floor went way down. My house was about 2 miligause everywhere and now it is .5 On 30-Jun-09, at 4:43 PM, Bill Bruno wrote: > > > Thanks! I'd never seen a grounding plate before. How well do they > work? > I assume that's not a TT grounding system they did? I did not grasp > the > shot showing > tape on the big ground wire, but it's still connected to the panel. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Bob Connolly <[hidden email] > >wrote: > > > > > > > This video explains how to do it. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqzglm8GO4&feature=channel_page > > > > > > On 21-Jun-09, at 11:46 AM, Evie wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > thankyou so much, Bill, > > > > > > i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find > > > references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i > > > highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel > and i > > > know it will be of great help to many others, including me. > > > > > > thanks again, > > > diane > > > > > > --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <[hidden email] <wbruno > %40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > From: Bill Bruno <[hidden email] <wbruno%40gmail.com>> > > > Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > > To: [hidden email] <eSens%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM > > > > > > The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything > is > > > grounded, > > > and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about > interference > > > know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. > > > > > > If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two > > > places, > > > you have a ground > > > loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't > > > want any > > > connection, > > > but one is much better than two (and your electrician may > insist, and > > > legally should > > > insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it > yourself. > > > A more > > > code > > > compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a > > > dielectric > > > union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where > you're > > > disconnecting > > > and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial > > > current > > > (usually it's > > > tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire > > > across the > > > cut > > > and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber > glove > > > or > > > insulated pliers) > > > ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water > > > main > > > which > > > could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground > > > wires could > > > too. > > > > > > Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make > sure > > > you > > > break > > > the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. > > > > > > Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as > the > > > house, > > > or there's > > > a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too > small to > > > notice > > > any > > > improvement. > > > > > > Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different > > > circuits > > > are connected > > > behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field > > > at the > > > panel throughout > > > the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also > have a > > > ground loop > > > from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so > > > terrible > > > because both wires > > > stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But > appliances > > > where > > > water and > > > gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice > > > maker, > > > stove, furnace) > > > are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily > find > > > vinyl > > > hose connectors > > > for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same > > > for an > > > ice maker. For gas appliances, get > > > a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check > > > that there > > > is current in the pipe > > > near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if > the > > > field > > > gets a bit higher > > > near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone > listener" > > > or > > > buzz stick for this. > > > You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be > sure > > > to try > > > different > > > orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. > > > This is > > > actually quite > > > sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If > > > the loop > > > is big a few milliamps > > > is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). > > > > > > I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral > wires. > > > These > > > are worse than > > > ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing > the > > > Fields. If the field > > > goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you > need to > > > separate the > > > neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate > the > > > ground > > > wires too, and you've > > > fixed a ground loop. > > > > > > In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added > > > and the > > > ground > > > connected loosely to the old ground wire. > > > > > > Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and > other > > > motors > > > are off, > > > and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes > fixing > > > those > > > will lower > > > the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground > > > loops, but > > > you can't > > > even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > > > com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground > > > loops were > > > > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? > TIA > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > com<laurelarc > > > %40yahoo. com>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. > com>> > > > > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > > > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > > > > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > > > > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops > got > > > it to > > > > > .03. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or > > > anyone else, > > > > like myself? > > > > \ > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > Laurel > > > > > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. 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Thanks for posting that; I will have to check with my dad if we've taken all those steps. I know he put a dielectric coupler in place, and it had some effect, but the magnetic readings in most rooms are still way higher than what I've found in other people's homes.
R. --- On Tue, 6/30/09, Bob Connolly <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Bob Connolly <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" To: [hidden email] Received: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 7:49 PM This video explains how to do it. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=tuqzglm8GO4& feature=channel_ page On 21-Jun-09, at 11:46 AM, Evie wrote: > > > thankyou so much, Bill, > > i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find > references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i > highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel and i > know it will be of great help to many others, including me. > > thanks again, > diane > > --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <wbruno@gmail. com> wrote: > > From: Bill Bruno <wbruno@gmail. com> > Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM > > The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is > grounded, > and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference > know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. > > If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two > places, > you have a ground > loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't > want any > connection, > but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and > legally should > insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. > A more > code > compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a > dielectric > union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're > disconnecting > and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial > current > (usually it's > tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire > across the > cut > and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove > or > insulated pliers) > ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water > main > which > could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground > wires could > too. > > Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure > you > break > the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. > > Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the > house, > or there's > a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to > notice > any > improvement. > > Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different > circuits > are connected > behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field > at the > panel throughout > the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a > ground loop > from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so > terrible > because both wires > stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances > where > water and > gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice > maker, > stove, furnace) > are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find > vinyl > hose connectors > for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same > for an > ice maker. For gas appliances, get > a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check > that there > is current in the pipe > near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the > field > gets a bit higher > near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" > or > buzz stick for this. > You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure > to try > different > orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. > This is > actually quite > sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If > the loop > is big a few milliamps > is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). > > I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. > These > are worse than > ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the > Fields. If the field > goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to > separate the > neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the > ground > wires too, and you've > fixed a ground loop. > > In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added > and the > ground > connected loosely to the old ground wire. > > Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other > motors > are off, > and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing > those > will lower > the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground > loops, but > you can't > even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. > > Bill > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > com> wrote: > > > > > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground > loops were > > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com<laurelarc > %40yahoo. com>> > > wrote: > > > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got > it to > > > .03. > > > > > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or > anyone else, > > like myself? > > \ > > TIA > > > > Laurel > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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thankyou so much, Bob! i appreciate the site address. diane
--- On Tue, 6/30/09, Bob Connolly <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Bob Connolly <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" To: [hidden email] Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 3:49 PM This video explains how to do it. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=tuqzglm8GO4& feature=channel_ page On 21-Jun-09, at 11:46 AM, Evie wrote: > > > thankyou so much, Bill, > > i have been reading forever to try to find this very info. i find > references which speak of it but never address how to fix it. i > highly appreciate the time you took to answer this for Laurel and i > know it will be of great help to many others, including me. > > thanks again, > diane > > --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Bill Bruno <wbruno@gmail. com> wrote: > > From: Bill Bruno <wbruno@gmail. com> > Subject: Re: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:36 PM > > The ideal grounding system has one single point where everything is > grounded, > and ground wires never form a loop. People who care about interference > know about this... especially sensitive electronic equipment. > > If the electric system ground is connected to the plumbing in two > places, > you have a ground > loop. Since your neighbor's connection counts, you probably don't > want any > connection, > but one is much better than two (and your electrician may insist, and > legally should > insist, on one... but it's not that hard to disconnect it yourself. > A more > code > compliant way is to get a plumber to add some plastic tubing or a > dielectric > union. One should be careful not to hold both sides of where you're > disconnecting > and pull apart... if there is a large inductance and substantial > current > (usually it's > tiny) you could die. When cutting a pipe, having a jumper wire > across the > cut > and then pulling the wire off with one hand (or better, rubber glove > or > insulated pliers) > ensures it's safe. Usually only an issue if you're cutting a water > main > which > could carry lots of current, but in some cases your home ground > wires could > too. > > Note that a loose connection is even worse than a loop, so make sure > you > break > the connection and secure so it doesn't go back. > > Also note that if your whole yard is at the same field level as the > house, > or there's > a big power line, the effect of the ground loops may be too small to > notice > any > improvement. > > Another kind of ground loop is when the ground wires for different > circuits > are connected > behind say a light switch. This loop will tend to spread the field > at the > panel throughout > the house. 240 volt appliances like dryers or stoves could also have a > ground loop > from tying the ground to neutral. But this is typically not so > terrible > because both wires > stay in the same cable and so the loop area is small. But appliances > where > water and > gas lines meet the electrical system (dishwasher, refrigerator ice > maker, > stove, furnace) > are very likely to create such loops. These days you can easily find > vinyl > hose connectors > for a dishwasher which will isolate it from the water pipes. Same > for an > ice maker. For gas appliances, get > a plumber who knows about gas dielectric unions. But first check > that there > is current in the pipe > near the appliance. Use a very sensitive Gauss meter, and see if the > field > gets a bit higher > near the pipe. Actually I prefer to use a cheap "telephone listener" > or > buzz stick for this. > You want something that can measure very close to the pipe. Be sure > to try > different > orientations if you didn't study magnetic fields in physics class. > This is > actually quite > sensitive and the electrician' s current meter won't detect it. If > the loop > is big a few milliamps > is worth fixing (if there are no worse sources covering the area). > > I'm assuming you've already taken care of any crossed neutral wires. > These > are worse than > ground loops. These are explained in Ed Leeper's book Silencing the > Fields. If the field > goes up in the whole room when you turn on a 3-way switch, you need to > separate the > neutrals for the different circuits. While you're at it separate the > ground > wires too, and you've > fixed a ground loop. > > In my house the worst ground loops were caused by new wires added > and the > ground > connected loosely to the old ground wire. > > Walk around the house with a gauss meter, when the fridge and other > motors > are off, > and try to figure out what's causing the hot spots. Sometimes fixing > those > will lower > the field in whole house. I think I still have one or two ground > loops, but > you can't > even find the minor ones until the major ones are fixed. > > Bill > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. > com> wrote: > > > > > > > An electrician friend just came in and I asked him what ground > loops were > > and he did not know. Could someone explain what that they are? TIA > > > > --- On Sat, 20/6/09, laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com<laurelarc > %40yahoo. com>> > > wrote: > > > > From: laurel canyon <laurelarc@yahoo. com <laurelarc%40yahoo. com>> > > Subject: [eSens] "Removing ground loops" > > To: eSens@yahoogroups. com <eSens%40yahoogroup s.com> > > Received: Saturday, 20 June, 2009, 7:43 PM > > > > > > Bill Bruno wrote: > > My house was about .08 when I moved in. Removing ground loops got > it to > > > .03. > > > > > > > > What are ground loops and can any electrician remove them.. or > anyone else, > > like myself? > > \ > > TIA > > > > Laurel > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile. yahoo.com/ mail > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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