bfrank
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I could use some help regarding what I know can be a controversial topic, body grounding or earthing. My electrical background is not great.
I know this topic has been addressed in this forum, there's a pretty long thread from 2010 started by Karl Riley but much of that thread is back and forth regarding scams and tin foil hats so to speak. Karl asked about NEC compliance but I want to ask some different questions which are purely electrical in nature.
The book "Earthing" by Clint Ober
http://www.amazon.com/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591202833
And the web site that apparently is associated with it http://www.earthinginstitute.com
There will be readers of this book who do not understand electricity. Many are not going to know about stray current and the problems dairy farmers have had with it. If someone hooks themselves up to a ground rod and has heart palpitations, they likely won't continue but what if they have a restful sleep and energized earth slowly makes them sick? This is about safety beyond lightning strikes because many people will take that risk if the forecast is clear. My concern is with the potential negligence of these authors and the "earthing industry" to not warn about risks.
The site has an article that they've intended to address stray voltage: http://www.earthinginstitute.net/?page_id=2486
To summarize they claim the risk of stray current is only from single wire earth return system (SWER) but to my knowledge, this is not the case with the dairy farmers problems in this country.
I watched Mike Holt's video from March 2012 on stray voltage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAs_FmdxXhQ&list=PLUYgog5IuqEbkcaCfnxXjWD_tT4ETWLJB
which opened my eyes to things I had no clue about, especially in regards to neutral to earth voltage (NEV).
So I do have some specific electrical questions to ask. If its not within the bounds of this forum then I apologize but I wanted to get some information from people who understand electricity and this practice seems to be trending over the last few years so some of you may have family members or clients who ask you about it.
So with that framework for my questions, give me some feedback to let me know to go ahead and ask them or return any useful thoughts you may have on the subject. Or if its not appropriate for this forum, I'll move on.
I know this topic has been addressed in this forum, there's a pretty long thread from 2010 started by Karl Riley but much of that thread is back and forth regarding scams and tin foil hats so to speak. Karl asked about NEC compliance but I want to ask some different questions which are purely electrical in nature.
The book "Earthing" by Clint Ober
http://www.amazon.com/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591202833
And the web site that apparently is associated with it http://www.earthinginstitute.com
There will be readers of this book who do not understand electricity. Many are not going to know about stray current and the problems dairy farmers have had with it. If someone hooks themselves up to a ground rod and has heart palpitations, they likely won't continue but what if they have a restful sleep and energized earth slowly makes them sick? This is about safety beyond lightning strikes because many people will take that risk if the forecast is clear. My concern is with the potential negligence of these authors and the "earthing industry" to not warn about risks.
The site has an article that they've intended to address stray voltage: http://www.earthinginstitute.net/?page_id=2486
To summarize they claim the risk of stray current is only from single wire earth return system (SWER) but to my knowledge, this is not the case with the dairy farmers problems in this country.
I watched Mike Holt's video from March 2012 on stray voltage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAs_FmdxXhQ&list=PLUYgog5IuqEbkcaCfnxXjWD_tT4ETWLJB
which opened my eyes to things I had no clue about, especially in regards to neutral to earth voltage (NEV).
So I do have some specific electrical questions to ask. If its not within the bounds of this forum then I apologize but I wanted to get some information from people who understand electricity and this practice seems to be trending over the last few years so some of you may have family members or clients who ask you about it.
So with that framework for my questions, give me some feedback to let me know to go ahead and ask them or return any useful thoughts you may have on the subject. Or if its not appropriate for this forum, I'll move on.