Flourescent Lights

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what is going on when a flourescent light makes a very loud

humming noise, and you can actually see waves running down the tubes? What kind

of fields would be emanating from this, and, should the lights be changed?

Thanks, Audy.

[Guest guest]

I don't know actually, but I'd guess either you need new bulbs or

there is some kind of interference caused by something nearby causing

waves in the lights. This would probably have to be pretty strong fields

I would think. The other possibility is a bad ballast; if both bulbs are

acting

the same the ballast could be the problem.

Also, if there's a dimmer switch, that could be the problem. Most dimmer

switches are not compatible with fluorescents.

Bill

On 11/2/07, audyl <audyl@...> wrote:

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> Hi all,

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> Can anyone tell me what is going on when a flourescent light makes a very

> loud humming noise, and you can actually see waves running down the tubes?

> What kind of fields would be emanating from this, and, should the lights be

> changed?

> Thanks, Audy.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I do not suffer from EMH; however a friend of mine does. She is in her mid-80s

and lives in a retirement home. She has been complaining about rashes, swollen

throat, vibrations for some time. Until I provided her with a 181 page research

document sponsored by the World Health Organization, her doctors and building

owner thought she was a nut. Happily they now believe her. In an attempt to

identify the source of the electrmagnetism, I bought a gauss meter and walked

through the residential facility. It is clear to me that the major contributor

of the EMF is the flourescent lights that are EVERYWHERE.

My question is: Has anyone had luck in getting building owners, employers,

government agencies and the like to retrofit ighting systems?

Any other tips you can offer?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 21/07/2009 18:10:06 GMT Daylight Time,

maurmurr1@... writes:

electrmagnetism, I bought a gauss meter and walked through the residential

facility. It is clear to me that the major contributor of the EMF is the

flourescent lights that are EVERYWHERE.

My question is: Has anyone had luck in getting building owners, employers,

government agencies and the like to retrofit ighting systems?

Any other tips you can offer

PAUL UK REPLIES

The poor lady hasnt got a DECT phone or similar or perhaps one of the

neighbours or worse still a whole load of them ? You checked for this I

presume as well as mobile phone mast signals etc ?

uk

[Guest guest]

Hi All

It has been interesting following the discussion about Fluorescent

Lights and the Magnetic fields they create.

What I have not seen mentioned is the problem of microsurges on the

power line or dirty electricity. This can cause a lot of problems for

people who are sensitive to things like this.

Graham Stetzer makes a meter to measure the power line Microsurges.

They also have filters to reduce the Microsurges. I suggest you go to

their website: http://www.stetzerelectric.com/filters/meter_sheet.html

<http://www.stetzerelectric.com/filters/meter_sheet.html>

On the left hand side of the page go to: Graham-Stetzer Research

<http://www.stetzerelectric.com/filters/research/> to read about the

problems Microsurges can cause and the benefits received from doing the

correction.

I have their meter and my house had readings as high as 1000 at some of

the outlets. After installing the filters the outlets now read no more

than 60. It is still a bit too high as 25 is considered ideal. I am

happy with what I have.

I live in a retirement community where there is an apartment building.

I checked the readings at some outlets in the building, yesterday. The

lowest was 400 and over half of the outlets were beyond the 1999 range

of the meter! Wow! I do not spend a lot of time in that building!

I hope this is some help to you.

Bill E

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electronics

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> > > office settings where employees don't have the luxury of modifying

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> > > lighting conditions;

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> > Actually I have personal experience with this -- unscrewing the

> > light tubes above my desk at work does indeed help!

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