Figure 1 – Typical EMF levels inside the home<\/p><\/div>\n

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So I conducted the EMF survey of my\u00a0house. The first measurements I took were on\u00a0the\u00a0exterior\u00a0of the\u00a0house\u00a0at the street. I then moved in closer and took measurements around the\u00a0outside\u00a0of the\u00a0house\u00a0at\u00a0approximately\u00a0four feet from the\u00a0ground. At this point what stated to become clear to me was that there was a higher EMF level as I got closer to the house. It was like my house was glowing with magnetism.<\/p>\n

On into the house for further readings. As expected the levels were higher around the\u00a0electrical\u00a0panel and a sub-panel that is located about 30 feet from the main panel. I did expect to have higher levels at the\u00a0electrical\u00a0equipment, however they were higher than\u00a0what\u00a0is considered normal. Generally the\u00a0levels\u00a0were also higher than\u00a0normal\u00a0in other areas not\u00a0near\u00a0electrical\u00a0fixtures or appliances.<\/p>\n

The levels were very high in an area not near any\u00a0electrical\u00a0equipment. This had me puzzled. Literally off the meter high — my meter goes to 100 mG and\u00a0these\u00a0readings were way above that. The thing was they were not near any features that you would expect to have higher readings. As I investigated further, it became clear to me that the readings were high near and all along the copper plumbing pipe from the city to the house and all throughout the metallic plumbing piping inside the\u00a0house. Shouldn’t be any\u00a0electric or magnetic\u00a0fields near a water pipe right? Well that’s true except that the municipal water pipe is where the majority of house\u00a0electrical\u00a0systems are grounded to. Figure 2 depicts a typical ground clamp on a water pipe.<\/p>\n