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ChrisR

Track Lighting - Reducing Magnetic Field...

Hi Guys.

First I would like to say, it is a pleasure to find a group that is caring on this large topic of electronic sensitivity. There arent many resources out there, or people who care in the first place to voice your concerns.

I have been going through my mother's house to help her with her health. I first moved her bed to a much safer area. It was against a wall with a high magnetic field, and it HAD to change.

She spends most of her time in the office though, and we have a track lighting system on the roof. It is two rows of tracks, each about 8 foot long. I would like to know if anyone has experience with reducing the magnetic field on these?

I suppose one important question is, does the whole system have to be changed? (Remove the tracks themselves?), OR are the bulbs the cuplrit? Than finding a solution for low emf bulbs would be my search...

Thanks everyone.

Also, if I can contribute in anyway to others, please let me know. Im in the Los Angeles area, and frequent San Diego as well. I have a Trifield meter, and am very knowledgeable with automotive for those wanting to learn on that subject.

Chris

Marc Martin

Re: Track Lighting - Reducing Magnetic Field...

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> I suppose one important question is, does the whole system have to be
> changed? (Remove the tracks themselves?), OR are the bulbs the cuplrit?
> Than finding a solution for low emf bulbs would be my search...

Track lighting should be fine if the track is operating at 110v (in the USA)
and you're using incandescent bulbs (operating at 110v).

It's when the bulbs are low voltage and have their own transformers built
in that you run into problems...

Marc

emraware

Re: Track Lighting - Reducing Magnetic Field...

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Questions:

1. Is it a regular incandescent bulb (usually low emf) or halogen bulb (can have high emf)?

2. Does the magnetic field come only when turning on the switch?
Is it still high after more than 1 yard? Are there more than one circuit joined at the switch?

If so, it could be a wiring error (as opposed to magnetic field from a point source, which usually becomes negligible after 1 meter.)

There's a common problem called "ganged neutrals" that causes high magnetic fields. It can sometimes be fixed locally behind the switch plate itself by a licensed electrician. What "ganged neutrals" means is that the neutral wire of more than one circuit are connected together, causing an imbalance, as explained well in the following article:

http://www.mikeholt.com/technical.php?id=grounding/unformatted/emf&type=u&title=Electro%20Magnetic%20Fields%20%28EMF%29

A good resource to understand more is Karl Riley's "Tracing EMFs in Building Wiring and Grounding."

--- In [hidden email], "ChrisR" <vwporscheaudi@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Guys.
>
> First I would like to say, it is a pleasure to find a group that is caring on this large topic of electronic sensitivity. There arent many resources out there, or people who care in the first place to voice your concerns.
>
> I have been going through my mother's house to help her with her health. I first moved her bed to a much safer area. It was against a wall with a high magnetic field, and it HAD to change.
>
> She spends most of her time in the office though, and we have a track lighting system on the roof. It is two rows of tracks, each about 8 foot long. I would like to know if anyone has experience with reducing the magnetic field on these?
>
> I suppose one important question is, does the whole system have to be changed? (Remove the tracks themselves?), OR are the bulbs the cuplrit? Than finding a solution for low emf bulbs would be my search...
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Also, if I can contribute in anyway to others, please let me know. Im in the Los Angeles area, and frequent San Diego as well. I have a Trifield meter, and am very knowledgeable with automotive for those wanting to learn on that subject.
>
> Chris
>