Posted by
Elizabeth thode on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Innerspring-Mattress-tp3631595p3635094.html
Ester,
A two prong outlet means not grounded. The 3rd hole would have to to connect
to 3 wires INSIDE the outlet. Yes, you can put a new OUTLET cover on-
these are called: cheaters. And many houses have this-
mine did! But when the electrician pulled removed the cover outlet-box-
guess what? Outlets only wired with 2 wires, not the 3rd, for grounding.
So no, this won't work.
But there is another way to do this. You can use a ceramic 3 gallon
planter pot. Fill with good draining soil/dirt. (This soil/dirt must not contain
too much clay- it has to drain well). Make sure there are draining holes in
bottom of planter. You will also need a shallow large bowl/container under
this planter, to catch draining water.
You also need:
one six inch piece of copper pipe 1/2 diameter.
Two alligator clips, attached to coated wiring.
A piece of fabric, like the high performance silver or the white the sell-
large enough to either cover whole top of mattress or bottom half, with
room to tuck in.
Place silver fabric UNDER the bottom sheet.
Place planter at bottom of bed-filled with dirt.
Place copper rod in center of planter, with an inch sticking out.
Connect one end of alligator clip to top of copper rod.
Connect other end of alligator clip to bottom edge of grounding
fabric.
You must keep the soil in the planter moist- not soaking, but
do not let it GO DRY. I keep a water bottle next to it, and
give it a little water most nights. Use Spring water
to water the dirt. Not Reverse Osmosis or distilled.
You want the alligator clips and wire that connects both
ends to be NO LONGER then 12 inches for it to work well.
I have used this system for 2 years with success.
Keep the copper shiny. YOu will need to keep some
Plumbers abrasive sandcloth on hand, to sand the copper
to give it a shine, every so often.
We also used the same system, with a much smaller planter
in the car, for when my daughter would get nauseated
from efm's in the car. I made a seat pad, using the
same grounding fabric on the inner layer of seat pad.
For that, you leave a seam open, so you can connect
the alligator clip to the grounding fabric. She doesn't
need to use that one anymore. Victory!
Lizzie
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> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 01:52:16 -0800
> Subject: Re: [eSens] Innerspring Mattress
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> Hi Marc. What is a grounding sheet and how do you attach it to the
> bed? My problem with ground with with grounding cords is that this is
> a 2-wire house, and the outlets don't have that 3rd hole. I can put a
> 3-prong adaptor in the outlet, but I don't know if that would work.
> Would it?
>
> I had a 2" organic latex topper on my old innerspring mattress, and an
> organic wool topper on top of that. The mattress was very firm
> (euphemism for HARD), and over the years I finally came up with that
> solution. I tried putting either the latex topper and/or the wool
> topper on the latex bed, but it didn't have the same effect.
>
> Esther
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> On Jan 4, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Marc Martin wrote:
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> > > Anyway, if it's possible to shield an innerspring mattress
> >
> > Yes, my wife rejected a latex matress because it caused her
> > back pains (and also didn't dissipate body heat well).
> > So as a workaround, I bought a 3" latex topper to put on my
> > side of the bed (which increases the distance from my
> > body to the metal springs a bit), and also put a grounding
> > sheet at the foot of the bed to attract some of the EMFs
> > from a nearby space heater. I think both of these help a bit,
> > but I still slept better with the all-latex mattress.
> >
> > Marc
> >
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