"EMF-Free" Electrical Wiring
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Design & Installation...
New Straw Bale Home in Calistoga, California.
We installed shielded EMF-Free wiring for this beautiful wine country home while
it was being built
— at very little extra cost to the electrical installation.
The
meter panel and switch is located far away at the entrance to the property, and
all wiring to and from the house is underground. Magnetic fields inside
the home average 0.1 milligauss or less. Electric fields when measured
with the body voltage method measure 0.1 volts or less from the wiring.
Combined with the extensive use of natural materials, low VOC paints, and the
insulating properties of the straw bales, this new eco-home is a model of modern
healthful construction.
(Please click
thumbnails for larger pictures. For more examples of recent EMF-Free
wiring installations, please see the bottom of this page, or click
more
examples below.)
A. What is "EMF-Free" Wiring?
"EMF-Free" wiring
is a special electrical wiring system which uses specific methods and materials — which
meet and exceed the requirements of the
current National Electric Code — to greatly reduce the electromagnetic fields
(EMFs) emitted from electrical wiring, lights, appliances, meters and panels...
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Materials: The
selection of specially shielded cables, boxes and conduit systems to reduce
both the electric and magnetic fields.
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Methods: The proper techniques to eliminate
stray currents, grounding problems, and wiring errors that often cause high magnetic
fields.
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Location: The optimum placement of wires,
meters, and panels to minimize exposures by distance.
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Shielding: The added shielding of meter
panels, transformers, refrigerators, appliances, and other sources as needed.
B. Design Consultations...
We offer
professional consultations to assist you in the
design and installation of EMF-Free wiring for your new construction or remodel project. With
proper
planning, your shielded EMF-Free wiring can usually be installed at little added cost
when compared to conventional wiring systems.
Nationally, we provide
consultations via telephone to help guide
homeowners, electricians, designers and architects in the proper design and installation of this
special wiring system. In California, we
provide
onsite consultations and detailed written specifications for the
installation of EMF-Free wiring for your particular construction project.
All design consultations are performed by Michael R. Neuert, an engineer and
electrical contractor with over 14 years of practical experience in the
reduction of EMFs from electrical wiring, panels and other common sources. To arrange a
site visit, schedule a telephone consultation, or request a quote, please call
our office at 1-800-638-3781.
C. Installation of EMF-Free
Wiring...
In the San Francisco Bay Area:
We offer licensed, bonded and insured electrical contractor services and install EMF-Free wiring for
new and remodel building projects in the the North Bay, and throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area. We also offer electrical services to
troubleshoot high EMF emissions and repair any wiring problems that are causing high
emissions in existing buildings. Please contact our office for information on wiring
services.
More "EMF-Free" Wiring Examples...
New
Round Home in Penngrove, California. We installed shielded wiring
for this beautiful and rustic new yurt home
— at
almost no extra cost to the electrical installation.
The
meter panel is located several hundred feet away at the
edge of the property. The electrical service wires enter underground so there are no overhead wires to
see or emit EMFs, and the main panel is located in a utility area far away from
where people sleep or spend a lot of time. Magnetic fields inside the home average
0.1 milligauss or less. Electric fields when measured with the body
voltage method measure 0.1 volts or less from the wiring. (Please click
thumbnails for larger pictures.)
EMF-Free Wiring for Home Remodel in Rohnert Park,
California. This
home in a small town
north of San Francisco was dark and crowded before the owners
decided to expand the footprint of the building. With most
of the walls already open for the remodel, it was easy to install new EMF-Free electrical
wiring throughout the home. Added care was taken to eliminate EMFs in the bedrooms. This included the installation of a special shut-off switch
at
the master bed so that all wiring, radios, clocks and other electrical items
near the master bedroom
could be conveniently and completely turned off during sleep at night.
Home Remodel and Shielding in Palo Alto, California.
We
provided a complete package of electrical specifications, installation instructions
and shielding materials for this older Palo Alto home. Because of the
close proximity of the meter panel to the living room, and of the electric ovens to
the children's play area, we installed MuMetal shielding materials to reduce the magnetic fields from the meter and
two ovens. We also added shielding for
the electrical pumps and controls for the hydronic (hot water) heating system
which emitted strong EMFs from the basement. Using our specifications, a
local electrical contractor performed the actual installation of the EMF-Free
wiring.
EMF-Free Wiring for Warehouse
in Graton, California. When a small herbal company purchased this
rural warehouse building, the owners needed to revamp the electrical system to accommodate
their processing facility, warehouse and offices. The design and installation of
their new electrical system using shielded EMF-Free wiring materials added almost
no extra cost to the electrical construction budget for the project.
Convenient
"Shut Off" Switch for Condo
in Santa Rosa, California. High electric fields were measured
in the upstairs bedrooms of this condominium end unit. The owner wanted to reduce
the EMFs for her family, but did not wish to rewire her
entire unit with new wiring. To keep costs low, we installed a
special switching system with hand-held remotes. This affordable
"shut-off" switch allowed the family members to conveniently turn off
all the upstairs wiring
from their bedsides
with the simple push of a button, thus eliminating the EMFs during sleep.
Minimal EMF-Free Wiring for Home in
Lafayette, California. One of the people
in this home had been experiencing strong symptoms of
chemical and electromagnetic hypersensitivity. The family had
been turning off the electricity whenever she was home. While
this seemed to help her health, the rest of the family was having difficulty living
without power.
To avoid the both the cost and the disruption of a complete rewire, we modified
the electrical system in two ways. First, the old wiring was
left as is, but all the breakers were turned off so that the old circuits were
completely dead. Second, we
added a bare minimum of new shielded EMF-Free circuits —
typically one shielded outlet per room, plus shielded wiring for the refrigerator, oven,
etc. In this way, the EMFs were reduced, yet
the family had some electricity for normal use. This wiring strategy saved greatly on costs and eliminated the need to open
up any walls.
EMF-Free Rewire of
Older Home in Santa
Rosa, California.
The EMFs in this small home were relatively high, mostly due to the old "knob-and-tube" wiring in the
building. The owners wanted to reduce the EMFs
but did not want to remodel or open up any walls. Amazingly, for less than $2000,
we completely rewired this small older city home without opening any walls!
New shielded wiring was run
through the attic, down the inside of existing walls, and also in conduit along the outside
of the building, mostly behind bushes. The project included shielding for the
main meter panel on the side of the building, because the panel was very close
to one of the bedrooms. The result was a simple low-cost wiring
system in which both the magnetic fields and electric fields were greatly
reduced.