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So you want to prevent Dirty Electricity, but you don’t want to spend a fortune on filters? No problem!
Thankyou for yet another awesome video on dirty electricity.
Are you able to create dirty electricity filter using extension cord socket? And can you reduce costs by using more than one or two big capacitors? Do you hear that you cam use AM radio to test dirty electricity? Could you create a video when you use AM radio with filter on and with filter off? In other worlds, do I have to buy DE meter or just AM radio will be OK for amateur measure?
Can you plug a computer in the same / sheared socket and it will then emit less dirty electricity when using it?
Best Marika
Yeah, you can do that. In fact, I had to plug a DE filter in the back of my desktop puter UPS (battery backup) to get low readings around my desk area. You just have to experiment though and try placing the filters in different outlets until you get the most reduction in the DE reading.
Hello Scott,
thank you for your video!
I have a question somehow related to this. Please forgive how I put this, I am not an engineer and English is only a second language.
It is about “cleaning” the ground wire. We have been discussing this for long in a chat group. Since the ground wire runs closely to the live wire there is a current induced to it, right? Now, the ground has become important for people who want to take benefit of the electrical connection with the earth for health benefits. Grounding/earthing sheets and mats are connected to the ground of the outlet to create that electrical connection like as if touching earth directly, i.e. standing on it without an isolator between eart and feet. If now there is current induced to the ground wire, along with possible dirty ‘noise’, that makes it not very healthy to connect it to the body. People have reported adverse effects, opposed to connecting directly to the ground outside. Now, there are products being sold that seem to filter the load. Here she demsontrates it with a simple EMF reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3bg0CbYp4.
Maybe you understand how this ‘filter’ works, and maybe how to make it oneself. That would be of great help for the many people who can’t afford such a pre-made cord, and also maybe one can improve it.
Many thanks in advance,
Best Regards,
Mirco
I think you attached the wrong link… Could you check on it? I’m curious to see the video but I think this one takes you to a Planet Fungi video. Thank you for asking, I’ve wondered the same thing!
Is it possible that voltage spikes in my home is like 380V, or 700V or even 1200V? I don’t have osciloscope but if I take 500V capacitor and connect it to the grid, then disconnect and check on multimeter, is good way to check voltage spikes. And if I have 380V dirty electricity in my 240V wires, does this means that your 305V DE filter is not efective? Maybe surge protector with EMI filter is good option in my case? There is one in my local electronic shop for 12 USD.
You should never have such high voltages because that would mean something is very, very wrong! Unless I’m missing something…
I live in a block with 13 elevators and 310 apartments. I remember in times when incandescen light bolb was popular, that they increase or decrecse light when elevetor motor start or stop.
https://www.riello-ups.com/questions/47-what-are-voltage-spikes-and-transients
There are people who claims that DE filters don’t improve their health. But maybe they need DE filter that works with higher voltage, not only 100v-240v. We should inform people that each case is different and something that work for me may not work for someone elese.
Building an eBay power filter kit (with schematic).
https:///youtube.com/watch?v=uItTnwgY8Ok
Those small blue capacitors (220pF) that are connected to ground line are most probably a varistors. This means that those filters works also as surge protectors or surge filter.
BTW. I found an old powerline filter from loundry machine and add 4uF 500V capacitor from old frige. I plug it into the grid and my sleep quality improve. Does it means that most dirty electricity is produced when we sleep? And I talk about DE from outside our homes, becouse most devices are turn off during sleep. Exept cordless phones, routers, frigdes, USB chargers.
Using ground line for grounding mats is not good idea. Maybe it was good 30 years ago when we don’t have so many devices in our home. Why not use water pipes or create your own grounding pole outside home.
Filtering ground wire is very difficult, water pipes seems faster solution