Seeking info from persons knowlegable about E fields ,wiring, appliance,Codes

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Seeking info from persons knowlegable about E fields ,wiring, appliance,Codes

lena48be
I am new to the electrosensitive issue. I desperately need some
advise or someone pointing me to a source of information. I have
suddenly become electrosensitive after new neighbours moved below
me. I cannot sleep in bedroom , teeth fillings hurt, muscle
twitching, severe abdominal pains, burning skin.
I used a reliable Trifield meter to check out the EMF, which was
not that high in my bedroom (1-2 miligauss, going to 6 mgauss with
High E fields) Although the living room-kitchen area has 100 mgauss
with circuits turned off on the floor per se,which I guess means the
house is poorly grounded.
By mistake I switched to Electrical field reading Volts/meter in my
bedroom ( no apartment on top of me), the bedroom is 9 feet high,
from the floor exdenting 5 feet up I get 150-200 Volts/meter
electrical field, also from ceiling down 3-4 feet roughly 100-70V/m,
even when my circuit is turned off. My bedroom shares a circuit with
living room, no E reading in living room. My neighbour switches
something on when he comes home from work and the E field goes up.

Trying to figure this out I have called a knowledgable person at a
place that sells meters, he could not imagine what could cause these
high readings through the entire room other than a powerline, he
could not think of an appliance other than a flourecent lamp, but
even with that, the reading would drop off at a certain distance.
Actually he said he had never heard of of a high reading like that
in a dwelling. He suggested a wiring problem. If it was a wiring
problem would one not expect the high field on that entire circuit
bedroom and living room? I cannot bring the subject up with a
housing inspector or landlord until I know if with these readings
(electrical field in Volts/meter)are in fact readings any
electrician or housing inspector would consider a "legitimate"
complaint ,I do not want to expose my electrical sensitivity and be
laughed at. This knowledgable person I spoke to, said, the
expectation is that all dwellings have a Zero field reading and that
the field from wiring would drop off within a foot. That is why I
never measured the Electrical field. What could cause this? Do I
have a legitimate complaint to my landlord? Are there national
guidelines for electrical fields in apartments. Would the power
company take this serious? This is like living under a powerline.
What appliance could throw this much Voltage out? There should be
only 120 Volts on the line, why do I get fields of 150-200 V/m
electrical field. This is something my neighbour turns off and on.
There used to be a low frquence humm, like a fan ,associated. Not
knowing about the E field ,I asked them to turn the motor off, which
they did. But the E-field is still there. Could it be that this is
an airconditioner with a hermetic motor compressor which would
require an HARc seperate circuit like a stove. It must have to do
with the appliance because it get switched off , the reading returns
to Zero.
If ,however, it is a wiring problem, the landlord would be extremely
mad at me for having to rewire possible many apartments, possibly
getting the housing inspector involved. Most of you have probaly
researched these issues much more. So I would so much appreciate
your help, since I need to sleep at a friends house and I have
basically no home. I either need to address this with the landlord
or I have to move out. The latter is a big financial hardship
because I live in a rent controlled apartment. I have contacted an
electrician who brushed me off and trivialised the Tri-Field Meter
and Electrical fields, which made me insecure. But apparently the
power companies use similar equipment for EMF, but I do not know if
the investigate Electrical Fiels in Volts/meter. Thanks to anyone
who would take the time to respond. Lena