Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Yes. Greetings, Claessens member Verband Baubiologie www.milieuziektes.nl checked by Norton Antivirus Power lines > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > e > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 , why you respond Yes? My doubt is : Distance from cables should be the sole solution to avoid EMF and 'UNDER GROUND cable, I think, are putted some meters down, not more ?!? e Power lines > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > e > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 e In answer to your question: *Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones* I answered with Yes. I do know, and underground they emit less EMF. I suppose you are a woman. If I look at you lying in bath, I can see more, than when I see you walking on the streets (normally I think. The same goes for cable. When they hang in the fresh air, they are naked. Stark naked. But when they lie under the ground, they are insulated. Heavily. When cables hang solo, they emit more radiation, then when they hang together with for instance with three. Look at http://www.milieuziektes.nl/Pagina112c.html Greetings, Claessens member Verband Baubiologie www.milieuziektes.nl checked by Norton Antivirus Power lines > > > > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > > > > e > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I agree with and would add as explanation that the EMF associated with any current carrying conductor depends on the distance you are from the conductor but is also heavily dependant on the magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity of the substance (e.g. air or soil) that separates you from the conductor. Soil has a higher magnetic permeability than air, therefore more of the magnetic field is 'absorbed' by the soil, leaving less to travel through your body. Soil is also a reasonably good electrical conductor, especially if it is wet, and generally all of the electric field associated with the wire will be 'absorbed' by the soil. Therefore, even though an underground power line is likely to be closer to your body, the EM fields associated with this wire are likely to be lower, in comparison to a similar overhead wire. I would add though that the effect you experience also depend heavily on which aspect of EMF affects you. It could be the electric field, the magnetic field, a combination of both or even some other aspect of the electromagnetic phenomena, though we were only speaking of those things we can measure. I hope this helps Lachlan Re: Power lines e In answer to your question: *Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones* I answered with Yes. I do know, and underground they emit less EMF. I suppose you are a woman. If I look at you lying in bath, I can see more, than when I see you walking on the streets (normally I think. The same goes for cable. When they hang in the fresh air, they are naked. Stark naked. But when they lie under the ground, they are insulated. Heavily. When cables hang solo, they emit more radiation, then when they hang together with for instance with three. Look at http://www.milieuziektes.nl/Pagina112c.html Greetings, Claessens member Verband Baubiologie www.milieuziektes.nl checked by Norton Antivirus Power lines > > > > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > > > > e > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 You say: I would add though that the effect you experience also depend heavily on which aspect of EMF affects you. It could be the electric field, the magnetic field, a combination of both or even some other aspect of the electromagnetic phenomena, though we were only speaking of those things we can measure. I lived 20 years under a 180 Kw power lines. In my room I measured 1-2 milligaus of MAGNETIC field and apparently no electrical field. e Power lines > > > > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > > > > e > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Did you mean 180kiloVolt? Assuming your house had a metal roof, very low or zero electric field would be expected, though what about the electric fields from your household wiring (do you know why your meter didn't pick these up?). As for the magnetic fields measures, I have also measured similar field strengths underneath high voltage power lines. The field strength will be very different depending on when you make your measurements, for example in Australia, at about 6:00pm during the hottest time of year (when the highest power consumption is recorded due to air-conditioners being switched on), the field strength can be MANY times higher than it was during the middle of a day with moderate weather (when fewer air-conditioners are being used). As you probably know, magnetic field strength at a location is directly determined by the amount of electrical current flowing through the power line. Also, some power lines are arranged so that a large amount of the magnetic fields from each wire is cancelled out by that from each other wire. Lachlan Re: Power lines You say: I would add though that the effect you experience also depend heavily on which aspect of EMF affects you. It could be the electric field, the magnetic field, a combination of both or even some other aspect of the electromagnetic phenomena, though we were only speaking of those things we can measure. I lived 20 years under a 180 Kw power lines. In my room I measured 1-2 milligaus of MAGNETIC field and apparently no electrical field. e Power lines > > > > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones. > > > > > > e > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Another explanation is that when the cable are bundled tightly (underground), there is more cancellation of the fields than when the cables are separated (as they are overhead). Soil does not have much better shielding (magnetic permeabilty is similar, maybe only slightly better) than air. However, if the underground cable are inside ferrous conduit, the conduit will provide some degree of magnetic shielding. The soil and/or ferrous conduit will provide significant electric field shield. However, this is offset because cables may be buried only 1 meter underground, whereas they may be 10 or more meters overhead. So you end up closer to underground cables. Emil DeToffol Less EMF Inc. At 11:03 PM 8/24/2004, you wrote: >e > >In answer to your question: >*Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' ones* >I answered with Yes. >I do know, and underground they emit less EMF. > >I suppose you are a woman. >If I look at you lying in bath, I can see more, than when I see you walking >on the streets (normally I think. > >The same goes for cable. >When they hang in the fresh air, they are naked. Stark naked. >But when they lie under the ground, they are insulated. Heavily. > >When cables hang solo, they emit more radiation, then when they hang >together with for instance with three. >Look at http://www.milieuziektes.nl/Pagina112c.html > >Greetings, > Claessens >member Verband Baubiologie >www.milieuziektes.nl >checked by Norton Antivirus > > > Power lines > > > > > > > Anybody know if 'UNDER GROUND " power lines have less EMF then 'AIR' >ones. > > > > > > > > > e > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I'm looking for a home to buy and found one in the mountains, away from all the pollution and pesticides of the city close by, and it feels good...except there is a power line with phone and cable box only 200 feet away on the 1 acre property. is this too close? i'm very sensitive but couldn't tell from just short visits how it felt. is there anything to do to block emf? i'm going up with a little meter soon, but not sure that will help tell me enough. thanks! jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 It sounds to me like you would be OK in this place - if its only EMFs then the power levels drop off very quickly (engineers know the maths) and if its 200 feet from the boundary of the property I would feel quite safe - although to a degree it depends upon the power load the lines are carrying. Are they high tension wires, or just the usual? power lines I'm looking for a home to buy and found one in the mountains, away from all the pollution and pesticides of the city close by, and it feels good...except there is a power line with phone and cable box only 200 feet away on the 1 acre property. is this too close? i'm very sensitive but couldn't tell from just short visits how it felt. is there anything to do to block emf? i'm going up with a little meter soon, but not sure that will help tell me enough. thanks! jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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