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Subject:
Electromagnetic radiation of floor heating systems.
Category: Science Asked by: raymac9-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
08 Sep 2004 09:41 PDT
Expires: 08 Oct 2004 09:41 PDT Question ID: 398399 |
Do electrical heating floor systems throw off high levels of electromagnetic radiation (EMF, measured in Milligauss)? |
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Subject:
Re: Electromagnetic radiation of floor heating systems.
From: powerjug-ga on 08 Sep 2004 10:54 PDT |
I have had this same question myself so I'm looking forward to the answer!! It would help if you defined "high levels." What you are asking for is the magnetic field as opposed to the electrical field which may also be there. If a person planned to sleep on the floor then anything over 2mG would be "high" as that is a general standard for a healthy environment (although some countries call that "high"). If the person was walking across the heated floor a few times a day with shoes on then "high" would take on a new definition. Walking on the sidewalks of New York will give you 50mG or more a lot of the time. I had to move from an apartment because the general gaussmeter reading was 20 mG because I was sensitive to that level. The utility company told me the lots of people live in 100 mG spaces so they thought that 100 mG was "low enough." |
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Re: Electromagnetic radiation of floor heating systems.
From: guzzi-ga on 08 Sep 2004 17:58 PDT |
Earth?s static field strength is about 0.3 gauss and it seems to do us no harm. EMF radiation from underfloor heating is extremely low at 50Hz or 60Hz so a few tens of meters of cable exhibit a radiation resistance of megohms. Plus, the pattern of the cabling, to a large extent, cancels the field. Medical problems which arise from mains frequency radiation are almost always caused by worrying about it, rather than the radiation itself :-) Best |
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Re: Electromagnetic radiation of floor heating systems.
From: owain-ga on 09 Sep 2004 14:04 PDT |
There's no reason for electrical heating cables to give off any more field strength than ordinary cables. The 'to' and 'from' (phase and neutral) conductors run closely together thoughout the cable length, so the two conductors cancel out each other. They are also usually encased in earthy concrete screed. If the wiring was run as single-core wiring in a loop round the room, then there would be a considerable field generated - this is the principle behind induction loops for hearing aid users. Most people don't worry about ordinary electric cables or induction loops in buildings. Owain |
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Re: Electromagnetic radiation of floor heating systems.
From: neilzero-ga on 13 Sep 2004 17:48 PDT |
The hazzard of 60 hertz electromagnetic is considered negligible by nearly all main stream scientists and engineers. Because of some alarmist books and articles on this subject, some efforts have been made to reduce human exposure. Floor heating can be designed to minimise exposure, but design changes are costly, so some new instalations, expose people to ten or more times the levels of the best designs. Even so, the level likely is not harmful even if you regularly sleep naked on the bare floor. In the standing or walking position the average body exposure is reduced by about 100 times from the exposure of laying on the bare floor. This is because electromagnetic radiation decreases as the square of the distance. The magnetic field of the Earth is a static magnetic field which is not the same thing as a 60 hertz or higher frequency electomagnetic field. Modern humans are typically exposed to much higher frequencies than 60 hertz electomagnetic radiaion, from hundreds of sources stronger than floor heating. A few scientests and engineers are conscerned about some of these frequencies, but most consider 60 hertz harmless. Neil |
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