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easier grounding? Tips welcome

Rixta Francis
When last February I found out that I have EMS one of the first things
I did was make a grounding system for myself. With a piece of metal wire
and some elastics I made an ankle band, that I connected to standard
electrical wiring, which I grounded outside. Within a few days I noticed
a difference, so it definitely works. But it's also a bit inconvenient.
I always need go get up multiple times during the night to use the
bathroom and every time I need to put the band on again, in the dark.
So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
any suggestions? I'm pretty handy, so I can make things myself if necessary.
I was thinking about such a shading shield used for car windscreens.
They are soft and have some kind of metal layer. But would that be thick
enough????

Rixta

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Emil at Less EMF Inc
> So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
> mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
> grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
> that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
> any suggestions?
>
> Rixta

You can use Ex-Static Fabric or Staticot (see
http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html). Attach the fabric to your ground.

Emil

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BiBrun
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You might be interested in the conductive velcro they sell at lessEMF?

Their ex-static fabric will work for 60Hz fields. It's flame retardant
which
makes me wonder about toxicity.

Grounding can sometimes be an improvement, but it's not clear to
me why your set-up works. I would think that unless everything electrical
in the house is likewise grounded, the electric field measured at your
body would be higher.

And if everything was adequately grounded, you shouldn't need to ground
yourself?

I went to a lecture where a guy said the body needs to be grounded
to get rid of static electric charge... well, if you walk on synthetic
carpets,
then yes. Otherwise, I don't see why. I know the earth has a static field,
but I don't think your body will feel that unless your house has no wiring.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Rixta Francis <[hidden email]
> wrote:

>
>
> When last February I found out that I have EMS one of the first things
> I did was make a grounding system for myself. With a piece of metal wire
> and some elastics I made an ankle band, that I connected to standard
> electrical wiring, which I grounded outside. Within a few days I noticed
> a difference, so it definitely works. But it's also a bit inconvenient.
> I always need go get up multiple times during the night to use the
> bathroom and every time I need to put the band on again, in the dark.
> So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
> mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
> grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
> that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
> any suggestions? I'm pretty handy, so I can make things myself if
> necessary.
> I was thinking about such a shading shield used for car windscreens.
> They are soft and have some kind of metal layer. But would that be thick
> enough????
>
> Rixta
>  
>


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Rixta Francis
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Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try this. It's cheap, so worth a try
and it will probably work.

Rixta

>> So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
>> mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
>> grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
>> that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
>> any suggestions?
>>
>> Rixta
> You can use Ex-Static Fabric or Staticot (see
> http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html). Attach the fabric to your ground.
>
> Emil
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Rixta Francis
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I don't know either why it works, I just know that it does work. My
health was getting worse and worse and once I started to use this simple
thing within days I started to feel better. That can't be coincidence or
imagination or so. And isn't this whole EMS thing one big mystery? Why
do some things work for certain people and not for others? Loads of
things can't be explained in a scientific way, but I don't care at all,
as long as it works. And this works quite well for me, so why would I
bother about the reason why?:-)

Rixta

> You might be interested in the conductive velcro they sell at lessEMF?
>
> Their ex-static fabric will work for 60Hz fields. It's flame retardant
> which
> makes me wonder about toxicity.
>
> Grounding can sometimes be an improvement, but it's not clear to
> me why your set-up works. I would think that unless everything electrical
> in the house is likewise grounded, the electric field measured at your
> body would be higher.
>
> And if everything was adequately grounded, you shouldn't need to ground
> yourself?
>
> I went to a lecture where a guy said the body needs to be grounded
> to get rid of static electric charge... well, if you walk on synthetic
> carpets,
> then yes. Otherwise, I don't see why. I know the earth has a static field,
> but I don't think your body will feel that unless your house has no wiring.
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Rixta Francis<[hidden email]
>> wrote:
>>
>> When last February I found out that I have EMS one of the first things
>> I did was make a grounding system for myself. With a piece of metal wire
>> and some elastics I made an ankle band, that I connected to standard
>> electrical wiring, which I grounded outside. Within a few days I noticed
>> a difference, so it definitely works. But it's also a bit inconvenient.
>> I always need go get up multiple times during the night to use the
>> bathroom and every time I need to put the band on again, in the dark.
>> So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
>> mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
>> grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
>> that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
>> any suggestions? I'm pretty handy, so I can make things myself if
>> necessary.
>> I was thinking about such a shading shield used for car windscreens.
>> They are soft and have some kind of metal layer. But would that be thick
>> enough????
>>
>> Rixta
>>
>>
>
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BiBrun
If you feel up to it, perhaps try the strap around the ankle but not
grounded? Also, grounded but through a resistor of 1kohm to 10 Mohm.

Do you have carpets or ever get a static shock without the grounding?


On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Rixta Francis <[hidden email]
> wrote:

>
>
> I don't know either why it works, I just know that it does work. My
> health was getting worse and worse and once I started to use this simple
> thing within days I started to feel better. That can't be coincidence or
> imagination or so. And isn't this whole EMS thing one big mystery? Why
> do some things work for certain people and not for others? Loads of
> things can't be explained in a scientific way, but I don't care at all,
> as long as it works. And this works quite well for me, so why would I
> bother about the reason why?:-)
>
> Rixta
>
> > You might be interested in the conductive velcro they sell at lessEMF?
> >
> > Their ex-static fabric will work for 60Hz fields. It's flame retardant
> > which
> > makes me wonder about toxicity.
> >
> > Grounding can sometimes be an improvement, but it's not clear to
> > me why your set-up works. I would think that unless everything electrical
> > in the house is likewise grounded, the electric field measured at your
> > body would be higher.
> >
> > And if everything was adequately grounded, you shouldn't need to ground
> > yourself?
> >
> > I went to a lecture where a guy said the body needs to be grounded
> > to get rid of static electric charge... well, if you walk on synthetic
> > carpets,
> > then yes. Otherwise, I don't see why. I know the earth has a static
> field,
> > but I don't think your body will feel that unless your house has no
> wiring.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Rixta Francis<
> [hidden email] <rixta.francis%40westnet.com.au>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> When last February I found out that I have EMS one of the first things
> >> I did was make a grounding system for myself. With a piece of metal wire
> >> and some elastics I made an ankle band, that I connected to standard
> >> electrical wiring, which I grounded outside. Within a few days I noticed
> >> a difference, so it definitely works. But it's also a bit inconvenient.
> >> I always need go get up multiple times during the night to use the
> >> bathroom and every time I need to put the band on again, in the dark.
> >> So I'm looking for an alternative, something I can put on the end of the
> >> mattress and then connect it to the wiring. That way I should still be
> >> grounded the whole night. The problem is that I can't think of anything
> >> that would work without being unpleasant to the feet. Does anyone have
> >> any suggestions? I'm pretty handy, so I can make things myself if
> >> necessary.
> >> I was thinking about such a shading shield used for car windscreens.
> >> They are soft and have some kind of metal layer. But would that be thick
> >> enough????
> >>
> >> Rixta
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
> >
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>  
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