HIGH VOLTAGE & PM ~ ~ ~

Does anyone know how the following electric lines affect PM?

I am not talking of the electric lines running up/down neighborhoods. I am wondering about the big, tall, broad, steel high voltage towers with the big coils of electric cable running from one to the other across country carrying the Big 'stuff'.

I have a chance to stay at a house indefinitely which has one of these big power lines running overhead. Back in May, 2009, when I joined this PM Club, I think I remember someone saying not to just stand/stay under the huge 'cross country' electrical power lines b/c of the PM.

Before I put some monies into this project, does anyone have any info on this? The power lines run almost over the house itself, maybe give/take 100-200 feet (?) ~

Thanx for all your help,
Carolyn from TEXAS ~ ~ Bluebonnets growing in TEXAS ~ ~

4 Comments

I've been OK, but depends

by SaraTB - 2014-03-29 04:03:07

We have a local walking trail that runs along a disused rail line. The main power lines also go along this trail (it's owned by the power company) and I was initially reluctant to walk on it, but I reasoned that if I felt weird, I'd just go home.
As it turns out, I felt nothing at all - I'm 100% paced - and now I walk there regularly.

I think the only way you'll know for sure is to spend an hour or so in tha vicinity. Personally, I don't think it's an issue with modern PMs but I'd want to check before making a financial commitment.

It Depends on how you & Your PM.....

by donr - 2014-03-29 07:03:25

.....React to the fields in that vicinity.

100-200 ft is a long distance when you are talking high tension lines. We have recorded instances in here of hosts entering hydro-electric power stations & being adversely affected. Not amazingly, there were already signs warning them to stay away, but adventurous souls, they had to follow Will Roger's maxim & "...go pee on an electric fence..." because they were either stubborn, curious or disbelieving.

One of our members reports that she had/has problems driving under LOW HANGING high tension lines in the Charlottesville , VA area, not too far from a huge nuclear generating plant.

Another reported the same problems when near the distribution yard of a hydro-electric facility in the Pacific Northwest. But these were extremely LOW-HANGING lines.

A third reported living in a house near Dulles Airport in the Washington, DC area and suspecting she was having problems w/ her PM & High tension lines running near her house. Do not recall the outcome of her inquiry, but she was brand new to PM hosting & her problems may have been psychological in the end.

All I can say is to go stand in the front yard & see if the electric fields affect YOU.

There just is no definitive answer I can attest to - except for one - My PM passed w/i 6 inches of the cables carrying 240V, 30 AMP power to an operating water heater & it flipped it into test mode.

Perhaps the hosts who experienced the episodes I referred to will come out of the fog of the past & give you their take on it.

Donr

Same here. . .

by SteveE - 2014-03-29 09:03:38

One of my favorite lunchtime walking paths is directly under a suburban high-tension line. I have been walking a mile or two daily at lunchtime for the past two summers. As I am about 85% paced, I think I would notice if it was affecting me. It is not. As Sara suggested, if the opportunity exists, go and stand around there for a bit and see if it affects YOU. I've been very lucky that way - maybe (probably) you will be, too.

THANX

by Carolyn65 - 2014-04-02 02:04:07

Thank you all for your advise on high voltage. I have never needed to contact the rep on my PM ~ This might be when I should just call and ask them, also.

I know, over the years, since 2009, I can always depend on my 'Family' of PM Club members to help me.

Love to all,
Carolyn in TEXAS ~ ~ ~ Bluebonnets in TEXAS ~ ~ ~

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