EMF's from wiring?
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07 Oct 2012 08:12 PM
My power from the street comes onto the exterior master bedroom wall, and then travels under the house (under the subfloor) to the other parts of the house. The wiring goes under the foot of our bed, is that something I should be concerned about? I went to a green building seminar in SFO a few years ago, and a speaker there was concerned about EMF's in the master bedroom. He was more concerned about the meter being directly behind the headboard, but I am not sure if the field would extend up through the floor and to my wife and I sleeping above. Anyone have any experience? It just so happens that my subfloor needs to be taken up, so if it is something I should consider, now would be a great time to make adjustments- maybe make the wires travel around the inside perimeter of the master bedroom and not directly under the bed.

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07 Oct 2012 08:21 PM
Can you insert a metal shield between the wires and the floor?  Would that keep the EMF's from penetrating the floor?  Ask an electrical engineer.
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08 Oct 2012 12:19 AM
Only one way to know, get a high-quality EMF detector and start doing readings. After you are done, you can go ghost hunting and scan for EMF's from ghosts.

Every building will have EMF in it as long as power is going to the home. It all depends on how high those readings are.
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08 Oct 2012 02:06 AM
Duh- yeah, a metal shield..... and my plumber wants to replace the now torn out hydronic in gypcrete with a hydronic in grooved plywood that has a aluminum reflector which reflects the heat upwards (and possibly any EMF's downwards). The new floor may fix my potential situation. Thanks for the idea.
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08 Oct 2012 09:07 AM
I have heard that steel will contain EMF's.  Will Aluminum?
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09 Oct 2012 01:09 AM
The wiring goes under the foot of our bed
Aren't the conductors paralleled?
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