Services
Providing building and energy system evaluations and services since 1970
Offering electrical , magnetic, electromagnetic, and communication system evaluations, remediation, and design services in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.
I am the past Communication's Committee Chairperson of the East Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross Disaster Services Committee, being responsible for designing, maintaining, and staffing their numerous emergency communications equipment and disaster response team.
After installing and repairing electrical wiring, mechanical devices, and communications systems for over 30 years. I am now focusing on the increasingly complex problems of electromagnetic pollution and energy efficiency/conservation.
I offer expert services identifying, analyzing, and remediating non-useful, poorly designed, faulty, or hazardous magnetic and electrical wiring, devices, and fields (whose presence most often indicate possible undesired safety, heating, and undesirable energy effects) in the home and workplace.
Services Offered:
Besides being a long time yoga teacher, a craniosacral therapist, and student of tai chi, and acupuncture, and energy conservation, I am now specializing in offering EMF, ELF, and RF evaluation services which includes the evaluation of AC electric and magnetic fields. See more about me at ABOUT.
Having invested in obtaining accurate and sensitive gaussmeters which measure accurately over a wide range of frequencies, I also utilize frequency meters, portable power quality oscilloscopes, state of the art circuit trace and wire trace technologies, sensitive RF probes, large clamp on ammeters, and other specialized equipment when needed. I also know how to use this equipment accurately.
In addition I will check for DC magnetic field aberrations (also called geopathic stressors providing a DC geomagnetic evaluation if requested. geopathic stressors however comes from natural sources (not manmade) and thus the causes are not easily rectified by manmade methods. However, knowing where these stressors exist (if any) one can avoid them and/or provide some extent of cancellation. Please see the link on geopathy/geomantry, radionics and dowsing in the articles and the furtherings/link pages for more on DC magnetic fields. I do not offer services on detecting radon gas or naturally occurring radioactivity that may be occurring beneath the ground because in Northern California this has not been found to be a problem. For more on Radon radiation see the furthering/links page.
Most radiation problems in homes and offices are due to improper grounding, improper wiring, faulty utility company practices, and faulty and/or improperly filtered/shielded electrical equipment. Although I recommend that the general populace educate themselves as to the hazardous effects of various radiations in their environment, I make no health claims whatsoever. Please see the extensive links given in furtherings. I will however claim to identify and evaluate electric. magnetic, and radio frequency field “hotspots” and offer solutions/remediation where possible. Many magnetic or electrical field hotspots are often the result of faulty wiring and grounding practices(See the furtherings/link page and article pages for more). many other radiation fields are the result of poorly designed, shielded, or filtered electrical devices many of whom can be filtered from the rest of the house through the use of simple and inexpensive power line filters.
Equipment that I Use
The first step is accurate evaluation. Although I offer links for individual metering devices that the layperson may find helpful, the main problem with most affordable devices is their limited frequency ranges and inaccuracy; i.e., their range is limited and/or their amplitude scale is frequency selective, thus intense and large fields may not be displayed accurately. In short some common devices may be useful in the 60 HZ range, but not necessarily very accurate. Most have sharp cut off points or dead spots either above or below these frequencies, thus those measurement devices will produce an incomplete evaluation.
I have done research on obtaining accurate readings, the use of single axis and tri-axis gaussmeters, electric field meters, and electromagnetic (RF) detectors through a wide spectrum accurately. My metering equipment is accurate to 3 digits in the millivolt range and very sensitive. My RF probes and frequency meters read up to the 10 GHZ microwave range. I use physically large but very sensitive AC and DC flexible clamp-on ammeters, high impedance multimeters which work in the millivolt range, sensitive ELF electric field detectors, EMF gaussmeters, and a variety of RF field detectors, frequency meters, and portable oscilloscopes for advanced troubleshooting.
Where utility companies, quick auditors, and amateurs may only look at the center of rooms, the center of sleeping spaces or work spaces, and a few most troublesome appliances, my experience allows me to seek out hotspots in walls, at switches, panel boards, fuse boxes, metering equipment, clocks, fans, motors, cook-tops, ovens, surge protectors, halogen lamps, and other often neglected devices as well as computer terminals, microwave ovens, cell phones, network nodes, cordless telephones, radios, etc. In other words I offer a comprehensive evaluation in a short period of time as part of my basic service. DC field testing for geopathic stress or in depth frequency measurements can be done as an additional service.
Analysis
Knowing where to look, how, and then analyzing the data thus follows from a firm basis. After collecting the data, I then analyze the data, providing an overall evaluation, and offer remediation procedures.if warranted. Not all homes are suffering from needless electrical/magnetic pollution. On the other hand just living near over head power lines has unmitigated effects that no one can entirely escape from unless we move out in boonies far from conventional sources of manmade power.
Every place will be different but the most common identifications are of old magnetic fields generated by old wiring (knob and tube), faulty appliances, halogen and fluorescent lamps, high currents within electric cook tops, fans, faulty switching devices or wiring, grounding errors, or poorly designed unfiltered electronic equipment which are generating electric/magnetic fields. Most of these problems can be remediated by getting rid of the device, repairing the device, filtering the device, re-wiring, and in some cases recommending a simple and inexpensive power line filter to be placed at the receptacle outlet.
Not too infrequently we will find incorrect wiring where a neutral wire return path conductor is loose or connected wrong, thus generating an inductive and magnetic field around the hot wire. Similarly this occurs often in three way and four way switch circuits, knob and tube wiring, or wiring errors where the return neutral path is either faulty (the presence of a ground fault) or is the result of a wiring error or loose ground/neutral connection.
I will also check the intensity levels of your fluorescent ballasts, halogen lights, switching power supplies, refrigerators, smoke detectors, range-tops, motors, pumps, ovens, and other equipment/devices for electric and magnetic field levels. I first use sensitive metering equipment to locate weak or strong sources. Then I measure the amplitude of these signals utilizing accurate state of the art equipment Once your unique environment is evaluated, then a remedy may be proposed.
Not too uncommon problems are unbalanced currents in water metal pipes which can generate considerable magnetic fields due to faulty grounding by the utility company, at a nearby building, or ar faulty grounding at circuit breaker panel boards and/or at the electrical service. Water pipe and panel board evaluation requires special costly equipment (large flexible ammeter probes) which I have obtained. Other possible radiation pollutant sources also may exist, and such will be in depth services offered if deemed relevant.
The evaluation service is kept separate from my remediation service, so that the client may chose their own electrician if they like. the minimum survey will take an hour, but an in-depth analysis may take three hours or more depending on conditions.
A written report will be emailed (mailed for an extra $5). The basic written report will include the location and values of all high intensity emitting EMF signals,as well as signal levels in all bedrooms, over the sink, at the stove, in the main living room, and at the desk or work area. baby rooms, play pens, children's rooms, and such are my highest priority. I will routinely include evaluations at such locations including the floor areas in all such rooms.
For the longer three hour survey, the written report will include all appliances, indicating any high levels found and their levels (in Mg), the distances away from the device measured, and the characteristic of the emission (if it is magnetic field, electrical field, or radio frequency field).
All surveys include a written room by room analysis, a general overview pointing out any significant findings, and a recommendation sheet.
Why Me?
Besides my expert experience and specialized equipment, I offer an in depth evaluation both beyond the 60 HZ range coupled with a combined and individualized electrical device multiple frequency measurement. This type of evaluation is not offered by others. In addition, it is not generally well understood how the interaction of modern complex wave forms form harmonic distortions which can surge, pulse, and wane creating a combined amplitude of intensity that would not exist by itself. In other words, some electrical/electronic equipment by themselves may not generate high amplitudes of electromagnetic disturbances when operating individually, but when combined in close proximity and in simultaneous operation with other radiation sources, a distorted and complex waveform can be formed, generating a radiation level on a scale of magnitude many times greater than alone. Identifying, understanding and analyzing such interaction as well as harmonics requires specialized equipment, in-depth measurement techniques. experience, and skill which then can provide the basis for accurate analysis and recommendation. If one wants an accurate and skilled evaluation, I am happy to provide as much.
Rates
Minimum $150 (first hour and written report)
In depth$300 (3 hour evaluation and written report)
Custom: Client determined
Given the almost impossible nature of scheduling a full day and much lost time in traveling, my minimum charge is $150. Additional work is billed at $75/hour thereafter. The average house can not be done thoroughly in one hour. Although some utility companies and private contractors offer a basic walk through service, which will spot any unusually high levels of EMF at the center of each habitable room, they will not check the walls, ceilings, floors, individual appliances (on the on position), nor are they capable of tracing evaluating sources. .
Additional in depth DC magnetic field evaluations or troubleshooting (if large fields are found) will be done on a case by case basis if desired). Although I have sophisticated state of the art wire tracing equipment, such testing can be very time consuming in certain cases especially if the wiring is old style knob and tube and if it is not accessible (via accessible attics or crawl spaces). .
I suggest that clients at first obtain the radiation measurements at each location. I will email or mail a summary sheet of the readings, a general summary of the overall situation, and basic recommendations. This will include a list of devices locations, and distances that evidenced high levels of radiation (with their levels listed in milligauss).
Most homes or offices will not warrant rewiring or elaborate follow ups. If however high readings are obtained, the client is free to contract separately with another contractor, contract with me for a more elaborate evaluation, and/or implement a remedy. older (knob and tube) wiring frequently produces high levels at various locations. Such locations can be easily pin pointed.
The in-depth evaluation for the average house will require 3 hours of onsite analysis. The cost for that would be $300 which includes a more thorough analysis of each major device, light, switch, and appliance in its operating position, accessible outside locations, equipment rooms, garages, and standup basements. In three hours absolute completeness will not be guaranteed, but a reasonably thorough report will be obtained. the in-depth report will list everything found in the 1 hour analysis plus a numerical measurement of excessive electric field, radio field, and DC magnetic field levels in the written report.
You, the client, shall set the parameters before hand. . I am happy to work with and empower my clients in offering consultation for them to do their own safe evaluation and remediation work if they want to save money or have additional questions. I am also available for custom evaluation/remediation.
All reports will be emailed, but hardcopy mailing via the USPS can be arranged for an additional $5.
Please call:
Donald Simon
2525 Tulare Ave.
El Cerrito, CA
94530
Telephone: 415 454 8593
Email: Etonoha at yahoo dot com
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