Re: Shielding electric hair clippers? (Seriously)

[Guest guest]

Wow....well in honestly? While it is possible to use a hose on a blow dryer

which does

put out high emf's...you kind of need to be real close to the ele clippers...

I don't see any way to shield or lower in this case.

And if those ele clippers put out high ele fields, it is an issue. Sometimes

in the case of those with ES, its going to come to a question of:

conveniance or health. Only you can make that decision.

Maybe you could " try " the old fashioned way....

Or just take extra anti oxidants before doing the buzz cut?

Lizzie

emfrefugee ;

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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:11:19 -0400

Subject: Shielding electric hair clippers? (Seriously)

Hi all,

Okay, it's summertime, it's hot, and a buzzcut is the most comfortable

haircut there is for me. I've gotten it done twice at the barber's with

electric hair clippers, and though I felt basically fine, I would prefer

something lower EMF. I've looked at " manual " hair clippers, but they look

awkward and hard to use/poorly and cheaply made.

Serious question, goofy as it sounds: Does anyone think it's possible that a

pair of electric hair clippers could be shielded to greatly reduce the

magnetic/electric fields? (I don't know if RF would be an issue since they'd

be running on straight AC electricity.)

Okay, that's enough of my goofy question. Anyone has any thoughts, please

post them up. Cheers!

R.

[Guest guest]

Do they make rechargeable ones like razors, that would operate on DC? Maybe that

would work better for you.

~ Snoshoe

>

> Hi all,

>

> Okay, it's summertime, it's hot, and a buzzcut is the most comfortable

> haircut there is for me. I've gotten it done twice at the barber's with

> electric hair clippers, and though I felt basically fine, I would prefer

> something lower EMF. I've looked at " manual " hair clippers, but they look

> awkward and hard to use/poorly and cheaply made.

>

> Serious question, goofy as it sounds: Does anyone think it's possible that a

> pair of electric hair clippers could be shielded to greatly reduce the

> magnetic/electric fields? (I don't know if RF would be an issue since they'd

> be running on straight AC electricity.)

>

> Okay, that's enough of my goofy question. Anyone has any thoughts, please

> post them up. Cheers!

>

> R.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is possible, but not practical. Imagine a fairly substantial

cylinder of metal around the clippers. The barber would have a hard time

controlling the fine movements.

Emil

Shielding electric hair clippers? (Seriously)

> Hi all,

>

> Okay, it's summertime, it's hot, and a buzzcut is the most comfortable

> haircut there is for me. I've gotten it done twice at the barber's with

> electric hair clippers, and though I felt basically fine, I would prefer

> something lower EMF. I've looked at " manual " hair clippers, but they look

> awkward and hard to use/poorly and cheaply made.

>

> Serious question, goofy as it sounds: Does anyone think it's possible that

> a

> pair of electric hair clippers could be shielded to greatly reduce the

> magnetic/electric fields? (I don't know if RF would be an issue since

> they'd

> be running on straight AC electricity.)

>

> Okay, that's enough of my goofy question. Anyone has any thoughts, please

> post them up. Cheers!

>

> R.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Emil (and everyone),

Thanks for your replies.

I thought about rechargeable ones, but in my experience, motors running off

of batteries (DC) tend to produce more RF than those running off of AC.

I've also looked at manual hair clippers; the hard part is finding a good

pair. (They're hand operated and spring loaded.)

I would imagine that it would take a lot of shielding material over the

motor of hair clippers.

As a general rule, I do take extra antioxidants prior to going to the

barber, lol, even though I choose the place in town that has the least

chemical smells in the air.

I'll let you know what I do about this " *ahem*, " serious " (yeah, right)

matter.

R.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Emil at Less EMF Inc

<lessemf@...>wrote:

> **

>

>

> Yes, it is possible, but not practical. Imagine a fairly substantial

> cylinder of metal around the clippers. The barber would have a hard time

> controlling the fine movements.

>

> Emil

>

>

> Shielding electric hair clippers? (Seriously)

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > Okay, it's summertime, it's hot, and a buzzcut is the most comfortable

> > haircut there is for me. I've gotten it done twice at the barber's with

> > electric hair clippers, and though I felt basically fine, I would prefer

> > something lower EMF. I've looked at " manual " hair clippers, but they look

> > awkward and hard to use/poorly and cheaply made.

> >

> > Serious question, goofy as it sounds: Does anyone think it's possible

> that

> > a

> > pair of electric hair clippers could be shielded to greatly reduce the

> > magnetic/electric fields? (I don't know if RF would be an issue since

> > they'd

> > be running on straight AC electricity.)

> >

> > Okay, that's enough of my goofy question. Anyone has any thoughts, please

> > post them up. Cheers!

> >

> > R.

> >

> >

> >