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The Stetzerizer filters are much more economical. Here are some places that
sell them:
Note of caution: if the house wiring is not properly grounded, using Stetzerizer filters
can make the dirty electricity much worse. It is best to have an electrician check to
make sure ALL the house wiring is properly done. This may need to go thru your
landlord though. You mentioned these were older houses, and many of these houses
may have the electrical grounded to the water pipes, which will, increase the magnetic
fields in the house tremendously. This was standard procedure up until the Nat'l Electrical
Code changed this a year ago. While yes, the electrical has to be grounded, it is only to
be grounded at the service entrance, which is at the main power box, not in other places,
willy nilly, which is common with very old houses.
The gauss meter will measure these fields. A good source of info for meters that
are used to measure both ele fields and magnetic fields can be found at: www.emfcenter.com
you can also schedule a phone consultation with the owner of this business, it is listed
on the website.
I do know that Electric heat also puts out high fields. And if the electrical is found to be grounded
to any water lines in the house, this can greatly increase both ele and mag fields on the heaters,
and on the water pipes, and into the water itself.
Lizzie
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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:17:41 -0700
Subject: [eSens] Re: house electricity entry point
You probably have dirty electricity, also known as high voltage transients.
The sudden voltage spikes are very similar to the sudden changes in radio
frequencies in the digital (pulsed) signals generated by cell phones and
Wi-Fi. It is very common. There is a really good book called Dirty
Electricity, Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization by Samuel
Milham MD that discusses it. The author lives in Washington state.
I started out only being sensitive to cell phones and the antennas on
towers. But over time, I became more sensitive, and my symptoms got worse.
I am now also affected by the wiring in the wall where the electric meter
is.
If you tune a portable AM radio to as low of a frequency as you can (in the
500's or 600's), so that you cannot hear any radio stations, and walk around
the house with it, you will hear a loud buzz or hum in some areas. That is
the radio picking up the changes in the magnetic field surrounding
electrical wiring that are occurring thousands of times per second (dirty
electricity).
Pure AC power goes from zero volts to 120 volts, back down to zero, switches
polarity, and then goes back up to 120 volts 60 times per second (also known
as 60 Hertz). A radio cannot pick that up. The lowest frequency AM radios
can detect is 530 kilohertz, which is 530,000 cycles per second.
If you are thinking of moving and want to tell how new places compare, this
is a good way to check. However, you may find that the strength varies
depending on time of day.
You should also check the walls near your bed, chairs, couch, etc. It is
possible that it might be low enough near these spots that you dont realize
it is affecting you. But if the radio can detect it, your body is absorbing
it. If that is the case, you might be able to pull the furniture away from
the wall enough that it wont be a problem.
Since it is the worst at your electric meter and near the electric line
leading to your house, it is probably coming from the grid. It could be
caused by loose connections on a pole (I've heard where Ham radio operators
will sometimes find interference caused by loose electrical connections on
telephone poles). But a lot is probably from compact fluorescent bulbs or
electronics in all of your neighbors' houses. The newer switching mode
power supplies used in electronics generate it. To reduce the amount of
electricity used, someone figured out that it would be possible to design
power supplies to turn the power on and off thousands of times per second.
But every time the power is turned on and off, it generates a voltage spike,
resulting in dirty electricity.
Magnetic fields can be difficult to shield, but it isn't impossible. Less
EMF has information about it:
http://www.lessemf.com/emf-shie.htmlSince you rent, you probably can't use adhesive to attach anything to the
walls, but you might be able to prop something up against the wall and use a
piece of furniture to hold it in place.
Another alternative is to try to filter out the dirty electricity. But, if
most of it is coming in from outside, I'm not sure how effective it would
be. The problem is that you need to have the filters as close as possible
to the source. And, there is a limit to how much dirty electricity a single
filter can eliminate. The more dirty electricity, the more filters you will
need. If you have outlets near the fuse panel, you could try it. But if
you plug them in 10 or 15 feet away, they may not do much.
Here are some short videos that demonstrates the effectiveness of filtering
dirty electricity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zO1JvA6gh8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noc2OA-xWCMThe second video is aimed at people who are into high-end audio equipment
(they are concerned about dirty electricity because it can affect the sound
quality of their stereos). And because of the focus on high-end audio, the
filter shown is expensive. But it'll give you an idea of what you will hear
with an AM radio.
The Stetzerizer filters are much more economical. Here are some places that
sell them:
http://www.stetzerelectric.com/http://www.electrahealth.com/http://www.lessemf.com/suppress.html
Also, some surge suppression power strips contain filters (usually
advertised as power conditioning).
However, as Stewart mentioned, it is possible that the house could have
wiring problems. In that case, unless you have a very sympathetic landlord,
your options are probably limited.
James
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