Re: Re: looking to buy a house, but it has a powerline in the backyard

[Guest guest]

Yes, about 200 yards or so from powerline towers, as opposed to

the poles along the road or down the alley. The towers carry the

high voltage lines for long distance distribution.

The voltage isn't important because you can have high voltage

but not current flow. It is the current flow which generates the

fields.

For example, you can measure the voltage on an electric stove at

220 volts. But if nothing is turned on an EMF meter won't show

radiation. Turn on a burner and the EMF meter usually pegs out.

High voltage towers, some as high as 600,000 volts, usually carry

a lot of current and that is why they have high fields which extend

a couple of hundred yards. Power lines and electic wires in the

house are only 110 volts but when the current flows the emf is

present. Although the field strength drops quickly (about 3 feet)

they are usually a greater concern because you are sometimes

only a few feet from a clock radio by the bed, for example, or less

than an inch under an electric blanket.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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So are you saying that if there is a line in the backyard, but the tower is 200

yards away (in someone elses yard) then it is not as concerning? Additionally

you say it is better to check the actual house, electric meter, and wiring for

EMFs.

Thanks for the response and info. C

> If you are about 200 yards away from towers the EMF is almost

> always back down to ambient. Arms length from appliances. And

> I'd be more concerned about the electric meter, appliances and

> wiring in the house because you are so much closer to them.

>

> The TriField is great for checking those. Also check water pipes

> because sometimes the electrical system is grounded in more

> than one location to the water pipes. Fields can be generated

> because of that.

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

>

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> Does anyone know an accurate way to measure EMF? What brand of

> meter can I buy?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

first thing i do when going into a hotel room is yank the clock radio

from the wall, we don't need that emf or light next to our heads at night...

run dishwasher, w/d when not hanging out in that part of house

the stove is more problematic, hard to not be there when cooking

electric blankets are unnecessary--there is wool, down, etc.

these are the easy emf fixes

sue v

>Yes, about 200 yards or so from powerline towers, as opposed to

>the poles along the road or down the alley. The towers carry the

>high voltage lines for long distance distribution.

>

>The voltage isn't important because you can have high voltage

>but not current flow. It is the current flow which generates the

>fields.

>

>