Ned Harr said:
"...only if something fails or is built wrong should there be any buildup of load potential."
Hm....this would probably pertain to the 'dirty electricity' side of the topic.
So, upfront: I don't have any special electrical training or expertise. What I've read as a novice leaves me with the belief that this may not fully capture the complexity of modern electrical systems.
Modern electronics often use switching power supplies or inverters, which manipulate electricity in ways that introduce high-frequency distortions into electrical systems - even when they're working as intended.
(The biggest culprits in this regard tend to be devices that modify electrical flow - phone chargers, dimmer switches, solar panel inverters, CFL and LED lightbulbs, smart meters and 'smart home'-devices, energy-efficient appliances with switch-mode power supplies (SMPS), etc.)
This, in turn, can cause a buildup of 'load potential' on certain branch circuits which is then dissipated into adjacent rooms.
"If the idea behind electrosensitivity is that you're getting harmful effects from proximity to things like your phone or wireless laptop, I don't see any reason why those effects would vary depending on whether you are in a room framed with drywall-on-studs or a room whose walls are formed from cob."
Well - that's a
different slice of the pie, yes. =] (There's a lot of slices to this particular pie...)
With the difference that it's not just the stuff
in the room that gets you. The proximity of emission sources can actually be quite large.
Jay Angler said:
"Have you read this book? The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur Firstenburg"
I have this in PDF format, Jay - thank you for the recommendation. Seems that others have already read it, and commented....that means I don't have to.
Anne Miller said:
"My suggestion is to take a tour of one of the many caves in your area."
This was my thought, too, Anne - exactly.
One difficulty: I myself am only mildly electrosensitive. If it were not for the fact that I have multiple family members with electrosensitivity, I would never have made the connection between my own occasional EMR-tied symptoms and their likely cause. We'd need a more sensitive 'antenna' for the cave and earth-sheltered home tour.
Some one who is highly electrosensitive (I'm thinking about the folks who can feel certain types of EMFs the minute they enter a new environment - similar to what Pearl Sutton describes) could simply visit a number of earth-sheltered/earthen-walled structures in their vicinity and see if they feel any differences while inside.
One sidenote: using an EMF meter might enable a useful univariate analysis - insomuch as human electrosensitivity seems to involve several covariates such as whether it is daytime or nighttime, whether one is lying down or standing up, etc.
Pearl Sutton said:
"Coming back up assured me it wasn't a fluke as the noise and pain hit me like a wall when I came out."
That observation is indeed telling. If I can ask - do you have any feelings about what types of emission sources are creating the
bad energies for you?
Old prepper tip to save some freezer space.
