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BiBrun on
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I think you're right that if you touch a ground wire your "body voltage"
will be low but now you've got currents going through your body.
I really think one should be thinking about minimizing fields (i.e., the
gradient of the potential) not the potential. In the case of gravity,
if you're standing on a hill, there's a force pulling you down the hill.
If you're at the top of the hill, your potential is higher, but the force
sideways is zero.
With a conductive mat, the field is very low near the middle, but at the
edges can be
higher than if there were no mat. Grounding is important if you want to put
shielding
to block the field caused by a wire, say. But if you're inside a shield you
don't need
to ground it (although it might be a good idea so charge doesn't build up on
it and
zap someone outside of it).
If you want to do some experiments try putting a ferrite bead on your ground
wires.
Less EMF has small snap on ones; cheaper bigger ones can be had at
newark.com
(note some are solid and don't snap on). If the bead is too big you can
wrap the
wire around once or twice.
Let us know if that affects you differently...
Bill
On 8/20/07, Andrew McAfee <
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>
> I have been experimenting with the Barefoot Grounding pad as well as my
> home made ones over the past 6 months or so. Yes I have been able to
> reduce my body voltage to anywhere from 8 to 2 millivolts.
>
> After sleep with the Barefoot pad, plugged into the wall with their
> adapter, I felt weak in the chest. As time went on, I felt worse, had
> stinging shocks in my toes, etc.
> Using it on my couch I felt even more energy crawling on my face.
>
> The upshot is I don't feel better when I use a grounding cord.
>
> Maybe there is a better way to filter the energy coming from the ground
> but until that happens, I am not going to touch grounding cords
> directly any more.
>
> I am going to continue working on my wiring and replacing it with Metal
> Clad wire where necessary.
>
> Doesn't the bird on the wire analogy work here? The bird is ok because
> it is not grounded but if it were to touch the ground while also
> touching the wire it would be fried.
>
> Maybe the experts can enlighten me on this.
>
> This is my experience.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Aug 20, 2007, at 7:48 AM, m.a.norman wrote:
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> > Does anyone know if work done at a neighbouring house could affect the
> > grounding in yours. Work at a neighbouring house first began again
> > with
> > banging and scraping sounds on the yard.outside, then he started work
> > again inside the house that has gone on for over a week. It's been
> > mainly
> > heavy banging and drilling against the adjoining party wall. There
> > was a
> > plumbers van on the front at times and the electrician who lives next
> > door
> > to the house the other side of him has been doing work at times
> > there. I
> > heard him talking about copper pipes one day outside.
> >
> > I'm asking this because I've noted a slight vibration in my legs and
> > the
> > skin on my arms feels sore for no apparent reason and something is
> > causing it.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Maureen
> >
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> >> Thanks, Bruno. That makes sense now.
> >>
> >> My husband thinks attaching the long wire to the grounding rod of the
> >> house would be better than attaching to a rod stuck in the ground.
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> >> I imagine both would be equally good.
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