Subject: (Maxey) EMF diagnosis and remedy (fwd)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 042118 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:21:19 -0800
From: Edward S Maxey
To: EILISHN@aol.com
Cc: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: EMF diagnosis and remedy
Hello Eilish,
Let me urgently suggest that you take immediate steps to reduce the 4-5
Mg exposure or move to another home. There is a known 5,570 to one
probability that fields in excess of 0.65 Mg are causal to acute
lymphoblastic leukemia.
Here are suggestions:
A. Locate the problem. The source will be either from the wiring in your
abode of from the distribution system in your area (external to the
abode). Since you have a milligauss meter it is relatively easy to find
out which is the case.
Steps:
1. Place the milligauss meter at a spot where the reading is high.
Note the reading.
2. Go to the electrical panel and pull the master switch if you have
one. Alternately
you may turn off all circuit breaker switches in the panel or
open the service
disconnect means (a switch usually just below the electric meter
which firemen
use to kill the power in a building).
3. Again note the reading of the milligauss meter.
If the reading remains about the same the EMFs are coming from the
distribution system. Almost certainly this will be from grounding which
may be creating currents in water pipes, gas pipes, communications cables
and anything else metal in the ground. If this is the case you may try
contacting your power company. Expect them to pooh pooh your concerns
and refuse to remedy the problem. MOVE IF YOU HAVE TO.
B. Correct the problem. If the reading drops significantly with the
breakers open it is likely that there is a ground fault in your
building. The most common such fault is a bonding screw in the
electrical panel itself. Electricians in this area have been installing
such screws for many years at the insistence of building inspectors.
They are a violation of the electric codes which prohibit any grounding
connection on the load side of the service disconnect means. Such a
fault was found in every unit of this condominium.
You can confirm a grounding fault as follows. With the power restored
again note the reading on the milligauss meter. Now turn on a heavy load
120 volt appliance at some distance from the meter. A microwave oven is
a good bet. If the milligauss meter registers a significantly higher
reading you have a ground fault. Such faults will generate fields from
unbalanced currents in the wires/pipes in walls, ceilings and under the
floors.
Removing the bonding screws in each unit of this condo significantly
reduced the EMFs. An electrician should be contacted if you wish to
remove the bonding screw.
Two additional grounding faults were found in this particular unit of the
condominium. Each was nothing more than the bare wire ground in an
electrical outlet being inadvertently bent so that it touched a return
lug in the outlet. Correction consisted of separating the contact points
with a screwdriver. DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT FIRST DISCONNECTING THE
POWER!
A dentist brother had a problem with high EMFs in his home. The culprit
was a single return wire the insulation of which was frayed allowing an
electrical contact to the metal of an electrical outlet box. Correction
was accomplished with several turns of electricians tape about the frayed
spot.
Good luck with your electrical detective work. If you are able to
correct the problem please do let Roy Beavers know what you found and
what was involved in the remedy.
Cordially,
Ed Maxey
(E. Stanton Maxey, M.D., retired)
http://www.wave-guide.org
Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html