Don't Be Wired In The Bedroom

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Don't Be Wired in the Bedroom

by John Banta

Adapted from Prescriptions for A Healthy House,

et al (New Society Publishers, 2001)

 

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Making the bedroom into an environmentally healthy sanctuary is

always a high priority for anybody who wants to establish a lifestyle

in keeping with the tenants of wellbeing. Reducing stress on the body

in the bedroom goes a long way to helping a person deeply rest and

recuperate during their sleep.

 

Removing exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the bedroom is

one way to help ensure a restful night. German natural living experts

have long been concerned about the negative health effects associated

with exposure to electric fields. And people who are sensitive to

EMFs say that they make them feel, literally, " wired. " Not the ideal

mood for a good night's sleep! In fact, the presence of high electric

fields is most commonly associated with sleep disturbances.

 

Try this easy and relatively inexpensive way to turn off all the

electrical current in the bedroom with one switch - easy on and easy

off:

 

You can reduce electric fields in selected areas by using a kill

switch, which is designed to cut off the fields in any given run of

wiring. Using a kill switch is especially applicable for bedrooms,

where power isn't usually desired or necessary while one is asleep.

You can turn off power to the bedroom just before you retire at night

so that the bedroom becomes a field-free sanctuary.

 

The least expensive way to accomplish this is to install the switch

in a convenient location along the run of electrical wire well before

it enters the area of the home to be controlled. " Heavy duty "

switches have a higher amperage limit rating and can perform this

task, provided that the amperage on the circuit beyond the switch

does not exceed the amperage limit rating of the switch.

 

Combination electrical outlet and heavy-duty switch units are

available. These contain an outlet and a switch in the same unit and

can be installed in a typical outlet box. The switch is designed to

cut off power to the adjoining outlet and to all outlets downstream

from it.

 

When the switch is on, electricity flows through the hot wire and

anything plugged into the controlled electrical line will function

normally.

 

When the switch is off, the electrical wiring from the switch and

beyond is " dead " and no fields will be present in the rest of the

circuit downstream.

 

Kill switches can be wired into bedrooms and other chosen areas and

placed more conveniently if the wires to the kill switch are run

inside of grounded metal conduit. When wired in this manner, the

switch can be placed so that it can be reached without having to get

out of bed.

 

The hot wire leading to the kill switch is still energized, but the

field from it is shielded so that it does not escape the metal

conduit. The room must be wired so that the kill switch is the first

item o the circuit.

 

Caution: Make sure a refrigerator or smoke detector (or carbon

monoxide detector) is never on a circuit with a kill switch that

might turn them off.

 

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