Living near an electrical substation [modified]

[Argyle4Ever]

Personally, I wouldnt.. Would you want your (Future?) Kids/Pets being able to possibly go into the substation? The noise would drive me nuts if its anything like the ones in this country which make a low humming sound...

[Single Step Debugger]

Your co-workers and friends will be able to recharge their cellphones with just putting them in your pockets for a while.

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[Lost User]

Argyle4Ever wrote:

Would you want your (Future?) Kids/Pets being able to possibly go into the substation?

One of the things that put me off was the razor wire fence

[Kevin Marois]

Run an extension cord. :)

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[iris frigole]

I do not know about the health, but what if there is a major fire or blast? The noise and the kids/pets factor others mention are important too.

[Henry Minute]

I suspect that the CP member most able to answer this question would be Woger. After all he spends a great deal of his work time messing about with that there Electrickery stuff. After all this time he's still aaaaaalriiiiiight(ish).

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[Lost User]

For those who distrust anything from the UN or EU ignore the following ... Read these for some background information http://www.unece.org/env/pp/[^] and http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/electrical/files/lv/rec519_en.pdf[^]

modified on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:34 PM

[wizardzz]

My father never would've let me move to a place near that. He worked for the EPA so I'll take his word. Another anecdotal story note. My girlfriend in high school lived under / next to high power lines. Her sister developed bone cancer in her leg at age 11 and lost her leg up to the thigh. She's in her 20's now and in remission.

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Don't worry. Just wear one of these: http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tin-foil-hat.jpg?rand=207085591[^]

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[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Right. Like I'm gonna trust something from the UN of all places.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Josh Gray wrote:

razor wire fence

Well, it's meant to put you off. It's there for a reason: to protect you and yours from getting electrocuted.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

[jeron1]

It's probably less painful than a vasectomy. :~

[Lost User]

jeron1 wrote:

It's probably less painful than a vasectomy

In about a month from now I will have produced three kids in just over two years. The snip is one of my plans for this year :)

[Lost User]

ahmed zahmed wrote:

Right. Like I'm gonna trust something from the UN of all places.

Edited, OK now?

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

LOL. 5!

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[Brian C Hart]

Sucks for you for being married

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[Andy Brummer]

A friend of mine lived near a substation like that, and would get power surges that fried ceiling fans.

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[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Slightly off topic, but might be useful: link[^] If not for the telecom/power substation thing, I would have thought it was the same house :) Fwiw, Rama makes an excellent point about resale value.

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[Lost User]

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

Slightly off topic, but might be useful: link[^] If not for the telecom/power substation thing, I would have thought it was the same house Smile Fwiw, Rama makes an excellent point about resale value.

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[Roger Wright]

There has been no correlation found between low frequency EMFs and any human disorder in any legitimate study performed to date. That doesn't mean that it's safe, however, just that no study has looked in the right place or manner yet. Physically, there is no reason to suspect any adverse reaction. The energy fields drop in strength rapidly with distance, and are readily attenuated by solid objects. Electromagnetic radiation is non-ionizing; it lacks the energy to dissociate atoms in molecular bonds, though I don't find it hard to imagine that it might cause subtle changes in biochemical reaction rates which are easily influenced by energy balances within the reagents. That is, while EMFs can't cause damage to cells at low frequencies, the presence of free energy in the ambient environment might well cause a bit more of compound X to form at the loss of a little compound Y in a reaction. At higher frequencies, such as those found in cell phones, wireless phones and computer networks, and microwave ovens, there is definite physical damage, caused by thermal effects. EMFs are composed of two distinct fields - an electric field and a tranverse magnetic field. Water is a basic building block of all life, and happens to be a slightly polar molecule. This polarity allows these molecules to be set in motion by a varying electric field, and the resulting friction due to molecular collisions generates heat. At frequencies near the resonant frequency of the water molecule ( around 2.45 MHz) this heating is amplified because of the resonance. In sufficient strength, the effect on the brain is approximately the same as boiling an egg. While there are no "facts" I can draw upon, I would hesitate to expose children to a substation environment unless the station was a fair distance from their yard and bedroom. As an adult, I wouldn't hesitate, but kids' bodies are still growing and developing, and those subtle chemical changes I suspect but cannot prove could affect their bodies in ways we can't predict. I wouldn't take the chance if I could avoid it.

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