During an electromagnetic radiation frequency (EMF) assessment, I often hear similar comments as I evaluate the various frequency levels inside and outside a home. Some of the more common ones are: “I had no idea this is how you measure!” or “I can’t believe what is going on in our bedrooms!” and “Why are the EMFs much lower outside of my house than inside?” 

Throughout this article, I will share the general process of measuring EMFs in a home. 

Typically, when I’m asked to assess EMFs at someone’s home, there is a lot going on. If you just start walking around the home and measuring, you will certainly find some levels of magnetic and electrical fields, and radio frequency (RF) radiation. But the order of measuring plays a big part in identifying and remediating the problem.

In my conversations and email with the homeowner (before agreeing to an assessment), I let them know how long the assessment will take, what I will be testing for, that someone will need to be there during the assessment, and we will need to shut the power off to the home for about a half hour. This way, there are no surprises.  

Before I come to the home, I do an antenna search to find out the amount of public and private antennas in the area (this includes cell towers) within a three mile radius. I also want to identify any overhead power lines, transmission lines, electrical substation, and solar farms that may be affecting the home.

Once I arrive at the home, I sit down with the home owner and chat for a few minutes. We get to know each other, talk about their home, and I explain what the assessment is going to entail. I encourage them to walk around with me as I measure to explain what happening. We check where the electrical panel is, and where the locations are of the utilities entering the home. After I gather that information, I sketch a floor plan. 

Where do I start Measuring?

It is critical to identify what is going on outside of the home versus what’s going on inside. In other words, it’s important to know what EMFs are foreign.

We start by traveling around the outside of the home to measure electrical fields, magnetic fields, and RF radiation. All sides of the home are documented. Then we shut the power off and measure all four sides of the home again and compare with the first round when the power was on.

At this point, we want to check for any foreign current coming through the incoming water pipe, gas pipe, and cable line. Once this comparison is completed, we know what is affecting the home from the outside.

Measuring on the Inside

Where to start measuring inside of the home can vary according to the layout of the home, the outside influences that we identified, equipment used in the home, or if the homeowner requests starting upstairs. 

Shutting off the power to the home and measuring should show what is affecting the home from the outside. One example would be if you have current on the incoming water pipe and the magnetic fields are higher in the home than outside (with the power off), metallic water piping throughout the home can be creating a magnetic field.

Before measuring the inside of the house, I want to see the electrical panel. One of the reasons for this is because the electrical panel will tell me about the electrical fields in the home. If the home’s electric is piped in electrical metallic tubing (EMT), the electrical fields are going to be less and easer to mitigate that if wired in Romex. 

As we go through each room, I am testing for electrical fields, magnetic fields, and RF radiation with all lights on and identifying point sources of magnetic fields and RF. Some point source magnetic fields can include appliances, motors, transformers, and light switches due to wire errors. Some RF point sources can include WIFI routers, cell phones, security systems, office equipment, appliances, smart meters, computers, laptops, printers, and baby monitors.

Critical areas in the home

The most important area to measure and mitigate is in the bedroom. This is because the bedroom is where your body is rebuilding itself when sleeping. It is also where we spend nearly one third of our twenty-four-hour day. We want to achieve total mitigation in this area.

Bed mapping is an important procedure in measuring. Taking a 9-point measurement on the bed before and after mitigation will produce a colored map of your bed showing electrical field reductions that is very inspiring.

It is critical that DC magnetic fields be tested on the bed. Direct current (DC) magnetic fields are different than alternating current (AC) magnetic fields. DC magnetic fields are caused by Geopathic Stress and the metal bed springs becoming magnetized over time.

The second most important area to assess and mitigate is your sitting area you spend the most time. Do you have an office that you spend time working at? Do you have a special chair in the living room by a fireplace or to watch TV? We walk in and out of EMF fields throughout the day but to be able to give your body a break whenever possible will help relieve stress levels and foster more well-being. 

– John