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Measuring and Controlling
Electrical Pollution:
Meters and filters
are the most common tools to measure and reduce electrical
pollution. The technology used to create these tools is based on
electromagnetic theories and power engineering principles. The
filters provide a low impedance path for high frequency currents
from the hot wires to the neutral wire path bypassing the
customer loads (Hughes, Dr. Art B., What is Dirty Electricity?).
Filter frequency ranges from 4kHz to 100kHz provide optimal
results for cleaning the electricity.
Averaging or RMS
meters do measure the amount of electricity present but the
newer technology has demonstrated ability to measure the amount
of "harmful" electricity present. Electrical current enters the
body more readily at higher frequencies, and body current at
those higher frequencies can be harmful. Electrical pollution in
the home, workplace and offices can be caused by internal
factors. Some of these factors may include electronic equipment
that distorts 60 Hz power when the DC power has created AC
power. A distorted 60 Hz wave is a normal 60 Hz current polluted
by high frequency voltage and currents. Some of these 60 Hz
normal currents can be converted into a higher frequency when
flowing back to ac conductors.
Electrical
pollution is not caused by the actual power itself, but what
comes along with it in transfer and production. This is why it
is also possible for the electricity in your home or office to
be polluted by outside and nearby sources, like neighbors or
through an internal electrical system, in an office building for
instance. If you share a transformer with another home or
office, their electronic devices could be producing high
frequencies or distortion in your home through computers or
other appliances. Current from that transformer that are
intended to be directed back to the neutral may flow to your
home or office instead due to overload.
By installing the
filters in homes and offices, those affected by electrical
pollution have seen improvement in health problems. Not everyone
is affected by electrical pollution in apparent ways, but some
people have attributed certain health issues to electrical
pollution. Reducing the high frequency currents by use of
filters has proven effective in lessening the intensity of
health problems attributed to the presence of electrical
pollution. It is important that the filters be installed
correctly to optimize performance and results.

Depicts a clean
current

Depicts current
distortion

Depicts Free
Radical Stray Voltage

Filtered Voltage
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