> I just learned while traveling on vacation how to practically eliminate
> body voltage from spring beds. I have a natural foam mattress at home
> and turn off the power at night so it is usually not an issue. But
> when on the road, some beds have 13 volts running through them. I
> understand that even 0.5 can cause problems over time.
> The easy fix is to get a grounding cord (electrical wire with an
> alligator clip on one end and a plug that goes only into the ground
> wall socket, available at LESSEMF.COM),
> and then cut a one inch horizontal slice in the mattress near the seam
> to reach the wire inside the mattress. Clip on the grounding cord to a
> wire spring and check your body voltage again while laying on the bed.
> In some beds it went down to almost 0 while in others it went from 7
> volts down to 0.9.
> Not bad for a cheap fix when you can't turn the power off.
>
> This doesn't mean that spring mattresses are OK to sleep on. The coils
> will still have a positive and negative field associated with them
> since the ends are not loop back together to short out the charges. I
> learned from a Slim Spurling workshop how to create coils that have a
> positive and positive charge for beneficial results. I don't think
> there are any beds that have this coil configuration. Any coil that has
> is looped and connected will have a + and - field unless you wrap it
> back on itself in a clockwise direction and attach both ends together
> to short it out. That way there is a positive field on both planes.
> Otherwise, there will be a detrimental field on one end.
> After sleeping in a coil-less mattress I can now feel the difference
> while sleeping on coils. I get strange sensations in my kidneys and
> feet while laying on coils.
>
> Thanks for the info about Silicea Charles. Didn't know that.
> Andrew
>