The Problem with Earthing & Grounding Mats
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- čas přidán 14. 02. 2023
- Using an earthing or grounding mat?
Did you know it can actually make your exposure to alternating current electric fields worse?
I'll demonstrate how this works, and how you can avoid it. - Věda a technologie
You're absolutely right and I think it's great that the matter is exposed in the most concrete way possible.
In fact, this all makes sense, as long as the installation that someone intends to do with their earthing mat is absolutely different from the existing ground connection in the house.
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
I think your right about this. My friend was a "line Man' and I can remember him talking about "dirty Ground" but I didnt understand it till I watched the video and read the comments. I now have a copper pipe in the dirt connected by an alligator clip to my plug in prong wire from the Matt. Clean ground and moist. thanks for the video.
be careful. neither electrical ground or soil ground are clean. We return 80% of current through the soil in this country. So you've got voltage pressure, current flows and microsurge electrical pollution in the soil. It's less when you are further out of cities and suburbia, but still there in some amount.
yea...I tossed the grounding mat thing. It did NOT work.
Thanks for the info. I'll switch mine to an outside grounding stake.
22 year union electrician here, and you are absolutely correct.
It's inductance from the hot and neutral, which are in the same cable sheath as the safety/equipmentground. Isolated ground to a dedicated ground rod is the only remedy, unless one fancies lymphoma for example.
Thanks for weighing in. There is also a radiated component as a byproduct of current flow, which ‘floats’ out into the room and can jump onto a mat.
@Optimal Dwelling Spaces yeah idk exactly what to do about that though.
To help, I have a metal bedframe that also has a separate isolated ground wire (to the same rod though). That has less resistance than my silver bedsheet, and it's isolated from the frame (no continuity between frame and sheet).
Hoping ambient emf's drain through the frame instead of through me by doing this.
Do you think this will help? I don't have a gauss meter, and you might know more than me.
I would definitely test the ac electric fields on your bed with that setup. Metal can passively reradiate RF from cell towers and wifi. Best to get a wood frame with as little metal as possible
Lymphoma from the electrical?
Does it solve or reduce the problem if you plug the mat into an outlet kill switch?
This has confirmed what I felt intuitively about plugging into the AC outlet. In Clint Ober’s original experiments he was running a wire from his bed outside to a metal rod (as you suggested)
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
@@alexzemaitis I'm curious about your use of the word "canopy" because it sounds as though it doesn't make contact with your body. While that might reduce the amount of EMR/EMF in your bedroom it won't get you the benefits of grounding unless you are able to touch the grounding wire. As far as the rod for outside, Home Depot has 8 foot copper grounding rods for about $20.
@@daniellmiller I made a faraday canopy to go around my bed and connects to an aluminum Matt underneath so fully enclosed but I need to ground it so it's not building a charge. I'm new to this so first I want to know if I should make a diy outlet plug to ground it to or should I ground it to a gorunding rod outside my apartment window. Second can you please tell me in steps what materials, clamps, wires etc that I'll need and how to assemble? Most importantly how should I go about doing this safley so I don't get shocked? Any advice means a lot 🙏
@@daniellmiller also do they sell grounding wire already put together?
@@alexzemaitis I don't want to hijack somebody else's channel but you can find all the info you're looking for on CZcams by doing a pointed search. There are multiple videos out there that answer your questions. I can tell you that Home Depot sells either stranded or solid copper wire that can be used as grounding wire.
I think you may have missed the point here. It is true that the outlet ground when plugged into produces EMF, which would otherwise travel through your body to create a greater potential difference, but only IF you don't sit on/touch the grounding mat. Once touched, the grounding mat acts as a sink for all that residual and generated EMF. Our body's potential difference is always insane given the EMF fields in our homes. Hence the need for these mats. And hence why measuring body voltage before and after using the mat it's so important. The only difference between plugging it in the ground in your outlet and using a rod in soil is the new EMF produced. But much of the body voltage difference produced by that EMF is drained through the mat. How is that dangerousm
Let me know if you have a counter argument. Thanks.
I slept on the grounding bedsheets on Thursday went out of town for an event stay in the hotel for annual event in Wisconsin Friday Saturday came back Sunday. Slept on the bed I was awake multiple times again same thing as Thursday feeling kind of a weirdness of energy first time I slept on my stomach, which I never knew because I just could not feel comfortable and I was wondering what your opinion is on this? We did use a tester in the plug-in outlet and when we plugged it into the outlet seem to be functioning good my husband says he’s not having any issues but I’m usually the grounded one so we both try to walk outside with bare feet when we can sometimes even in the winter, I will do it, I’m a Capricorn sign which is ground sign kundalini which I did last Wednesday anyways I’m telling you all this because I just don’t know what to do. I felt terrible. I think I woke up maybe 11 times last night. So maybe my body will get used.
I think this absolutely makes sense. When I first tried my earthing mat, I literally felt energy draining from my body, and then felt uncomfortable vibrations, pins and needles in hands and feet, etc. Turns out this is especially a problem in older homes, where sometimes the home isn't even grounded at all. Now my mat is grounded outside. Feeling a big difference.
Appreciate the feedback. That's a good point about ungrounded sockets...you may think the mat wouldn't work at all in that type of plug, for better or worse, on account of no ground wire. BUT, the mat is conductive and will still attract the radiated AC electric fields from the wall wiring
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Hmm yeah good point.
Yep same happened to me! I was thinking maybe earthing via the central heating radiator.
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 So, its not healthy any mat?
Hi and thanks for the video.
is it possible to use a cable that only has DC current. So you are ONLY grounded? I have googled something known as a " PureGround" cord that claims to have only beneficial benefits from grounding (no AC current can travel through it apparently. I have no idea though i'm not an electrician.)
And i feel i don't fully understand grounding. I thought when you are grounded, you are connected to the earth. And are fully protected from all AC/EMFs. But from what i've read in the comments, you now become an antenna for EMF's to discharge there electrons into? Which is the opposite of what grounding is meant to do? (please correct me if i'm understanding this wrong).
Thanks so much for the video and i appreciate any response!
Important info, thanks for sharing!
You bet!
Thank you. This was very informative. Ideally, walking barefoot outside is best, but often not feasible. I would definitely prefer a grounding rod outside, but again, for me, not possible, so the ground outlet indoors is all I can do, especially since we have multiple mats. I frequently test the mats with a continuity tester and test myself/ourselves with a multimeter, finding a very significant drop, close to zero, in the voltage reading. I held the end of a cell phone charger and the meter read close to 50! I stepped on the grounding mat, and it dropped to around 4.5, so a significant drop, but still high. This has been quite a learning experience for me. In general, the mats do work, and I have heard many testimonies of healing and overall improvement in health, so it is very encouraging. Thank you again for this info, it is most appreciated.
when you step on the mat, you are simply becoming part of the circuit, that's why the meter goes to zero when you test that way
Please elaborate on this. Why when the voltage drops it is not a good indicator you are grounded? Are you saying you can be grounded but still be exposed to emfs? What if my socket tester tells me that my socket is grounded? It does not make a difference? Thank you
@optimaldwellingspaces3947 yes please elaborate??
This item does the exact opposite of what the seller advise it to do. After my first usage I felt very different (in a bad way) only to find out that when plugged to the ground socket, as instructed by product description, the whole body start to act like an antenna, picking up all of the electromagnetic field radiation. This is very bad for your health. It's sold as a health product, but in reality what it does is destroy your health.
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Thank you for this info, I wondered about that.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing this info
I red all the comments and anwers. Thank you so much, you gave answers to what I was actually worrying ipothetically. I stayed few hours on a mat grounded onto the heating pipeline and I felt sick!! I live in a flat. Now I know why. I became an antenna for crap emf.
You are so welcome!
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I will avoid the plug and just stand on the grass and hug a tree for now. I know construction so I will install a copper pipe ground and run a copper wire to my bed area. I am thinking of aluminum windows screen under a sheet as the contract for my feet.
I saw a video where he ran a ground wire to a volt meter ant touch the connector, showed resistance on the meter. Then stepped on the ground and voltage when up considerably. Because he was grounded twice.
So I took my shoes off and hugged a tree and my body discharged a lot. Feeling better and will keep doing this. Thank you for your help and this video.
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I was wondering if pluging into a wall socket , was problematic in any way . But i did not have a emf meter , so thanks mate , very good advice for folks to know :) .
Glad it helped
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
@@alexzemaitis did you manage to sort it out
This is so awesome!!
Great job on the video. The soil is also filled with frequencies and voltage that your NFA1000 won't measure. You will need a battery operated oscilloscope to see them.
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Thanks so much for this info👍🏻😊
You are so welcome!
I was using the outlet with my sheet at home, and could feel a light tingly sensation. I lived in a apartment complex. I bought a rod because I was going camping. I didn't feel that tingly sensation anymore, so I got curious about the differences between the two and came across this topic of dirty electricity! Glad I found it and will use my rod from now on at home.
What do you mean by rod ? How do you use "a rod" when tge mat is Inside, not outside ?.?.
@@susanrupp9357 the rod stakes into the ground and attaches to a thin wire that you have to run into your house through a window or hole and plug it into the mat
Thank you for doing this. I had thought about getting a grounding mat.
You’re welcome
Yes, glad others are sharing this info. Basic electromagnetics
Thanks for watching!
What is the worst that could happen as s lot do it this way- earth to socket?
I dont give a fuck about electromagnatics
What if i dont give a shit about electromagnetics
Have you tested with a separate ground? Maybe going out of a window or something?
I was going to get a grounding mat on Black Friday but am I understanding correctly? And so you're saying not to get one because plugging it in could be more harmful? You may be saving me a bit of money. Thank You.
WOW! Thank you for this information, as I was just about to place an order for some grounding mats for me and my mom. Question, if I chose to use a copper rod placed in the ground outside and a terrible lightning storm came, what are the chances of it striking a copper rod? These storms are getting more intense these days so is lightning striking a copper rod placed in the ground something to worry about? Thanks in advance for any responses!
I always wonder about this as well. I understand that grounding potential always causes current to seek the quickest path to ground which would mean you would always see that current moving away but there are other phenomena involved that I find less clear to understand. High-end earthing products have safety diodes that are supposed to prevent this possibility and will provide a tester to verify the diode is operational.
I was looking to get one for these Michigan winters. Cant just go outside barefoot.
Any recommendations⁉️
Hey just wanted to share how helpful this vid was for me! I just bought the hooga mat and couldn’t get it to test out right until I grounded the mat and multimeter to a direct line attached to a ground rod. Thanks for the help 😎
The point of the video is that it isn’t safe to use a mat that plugs into the wall
What’s the best grounding bed sheets and couch mats?
How do you apply external wire to ground mat plug in?? Im done with electrical outlet...
Does grounding in a high EMF environment mean a lot of EMF passes through you when connected to ground? I heard 2 opposite theories. If true, wouldn't that mean being barefoot outside is dangerous as well? I assume it's false, since an antenna connected to ground is not an antenna.
Thanks for posting this, very informative! Went out and bought an EMF reader to see myself after I had this tingling sensation in my legs (and after sleeping horribly) while using my grounding mat.
Do you know how this relates to body voltage? I see a lot of these companies preform this "test" with a multimeter that shows how your body voltage decreases when using the product. I did this test as well, and was able to see mine drop to zero... but at the same time my mat is reading like 70 v/m with my EMF meter? Is it possible to have both of these things happen at the same time?
Yes, body voltage is useful in looking at voltage potential differences and looking at AC electric fields will show you the other side of the coin, radiated EMF from charged circuits nearby.
You could have felt that tingling sensation from electric fields or micro amps of current on the ground. Glad you are doing some testing
Wow! So glad I found your evidence based results of radiation using an AC ground! I was sleeping with an earthing mat plugged into a properly grounded AC outlet. I woke up in the middle of the night with my heart slightly fluttering. This alarmed me so much that I stopped using the grounding mat. I live in a higher floor apartment so it is not possible for me to use a true outside grounded wire. So if I ever use a grounding mat again, I will surely use a separate physical grounding rod and wire and not the AC ground. Now I know why my heart was slightly fluttering. Scary!!!😳
Nice job pointing out the problem with using a power socket, I think using the earth in a socket is a very bad idea. It's true that the earth connection in the socket is wired back to the earthing stake of the house electrical system, however in the fuseboard the earth is also connected to the Neutral line. The neutral comes from the local transformer in your street (along with the Live wire). So by connecting to the earth in the power socket you are also connected to the local transformer and the 30 or so other houses that the transformer supplies. So whatever your neighbours are up to is coming into your mat, it's not very organic! Your own separate Earth connection in or on the ground is preferable. If you are showing voltage in the socket earth terminal then you may have a faulty appliance or light fitting in the house and a poor earth connection in the house system.
That’s a good point, although transformers usually only serve 2-3 houses, not 30
I live in a 1974 hi-rise, of a 28 story building on 10th fl, so can't do my own earth ground cable out the window. Someone said to put a bolt into the concrete, but I thought about this, & the metal conduit runs thru the concrete floor/ceiling slabs back to the panal. I wonder about the copper water pipe but I bet its not fully insulated from touching the slab & runs thru metal studs that are attached to the ceiling/floor slabs....is there a test I can do??????
Grounding/Earthing seemed to be a good idea in my situation of never getting grounded outside due too bad health & confinement to my apt, now I'm learning about all the EMF/EMR & tons of WiFi of my healthy neighbors, probably attributing to my cascade of health problems in a viscous cycle. Looks like there is not a good solution.....other than shielding the crap out of this place from everyone's signals or wearing the shielded clothing & hope for a Christmas Miracle!
@@chrispompano Hi. The concrete structure of your building will be grounded as it is embedded into the Earth at the base. Touching the bare concrete in your apartment is the same as touching a concrete slab on the ground, which provides grounding. Is their an area of exposed concrete floor that you can put your feet on ?.
So I got out my DVOM, set to mV A/C D/C. Connected to outlet ground terminal, holding the pos. probe & feet on a carpet mat sitting in a chair = 373mV A/C.
Touching ceramic tile floor was 80mV, but then doing it again it went OVERVOLTAGE when touch the floor! Do I have faulty wireing, or cold this be intermittent EMF, WIFI or neighbors since every 3 floors are on the same transformer - 24 apts.
Now, I have a bare spot of paint on a metal door frame screwed into or touching the concrete slab....
Neg probe on door frame & holding pos probe:
touching standing on tile floor is 22mV, standing are carpet mat is 56mV. I'm also within 3' of my electrical panal in my kitchen.
What do you think????
I have to really relearn about electricity & how this all applies to EMF & To Ground or Not To Ground Myself!
@@sparked3113 can you reply again? CZcams deleted your post.....I can only see the 1st sentence...
Thanks for the just on time ground report, I'm set to replace my old mat with a couple new ones. I myself was Leary of the grounding in my home and I wasn't about to spend bucks on a gauss meter. I already have a copper 6' grounding rod I use now, so I assume I could hook 2 mats on the one rod. Problem with that is the mats won't be portable as I'll have to solder them to the button hookup.
That would work. I’m sure you could find some type of quick disconnect to make the mats more portable
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 I'm using a small alligator clip right now but it comes off sometimes, but I just realized I could just cut off the button end of the outlet cords that come with mats. In other words just cut off the ground end and use those for the cords. Thanks for responding.
Where are your grounding rods? Upstairs or what, I hear people travelling a wire up the house through window, gotta be easier way. Sorry not well versed in electronics
@@curt6525 one 6' grounding rod in ground outdoors good size bare copper wire running through the wall to my bed.
Now after getting a big-time T-storm the other night..... I'm thinkin what if a lightning bolt hits my inground rod... I'm toast!
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
I cannot sleep. I keep waking up in the middle of the night more than I usually do only slept on the grounding sheets two nights went and stayed in the hotel after the first night and slept better. Not sure what to do. I used the tool to check to see if the outlet was OK for the bedsheets, but the grounding sheets seem to be causing me issues. I’m not sure if it’s just because it’s trying to ground me, but I do ground exercises my whole life. I am a Capricorn and I walk on the earth with bare feet actually just did this morning at 7 AM, so I also do work Reiki and MoaKi Shiatsu ; any suggestions should I keep trying it for awhile?
Australian wall sockets are different not sure where you’d put the pin?
What is the name of the meter you used? I wanna buy one.
Can you do a video on how to make this work?
When was your home built?
@optimal dwelling spaces -- what setting on your meter do you use to test this? I appreciate this info. Trying to avoid EMF issues...not my intent to infuse my body while trying to diffuse it with proper grounding techniques
the meter is reading AC electric fields.
thanks! I just installed 2 new copper grounding rods to connect directly to them instead of using the in house electrical outlet grounds...thanks to you! Much appreciated!@@optimaldwellingspaces3947
I just bought an expensive full mattress cover to ground. I live in a very cold country and I'm on the 28th floor of a brand new fancy building... do you think whatever they used to build this building last year will be better than what materials/setup was used in your home? How can I best test my outlets for safety for grounding? Get one of those readers you have from somewhere and just use it once? Do I need more than just one device to check or just the one you used?
In my opinion, anything connected to the electric power grid would be a bad idea to ground on. Doesn't matter if it is a home or multi-unit housing.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Dangggg. I guess I’m screwed.
Gauss is a unit of magnetic field, not electric field. However it appears that you are measuring electric field so calling this device a gauss meter is inconsistent.
Furthermore, the fact that the EF is increasing near the mat when the mat is grounded does not mean that the mat is not at earth potential. It could also be caused by a nearby conductor or appliance that is at a higher potential. An electric field is established when a potential difference exists between two conductors. So the only conclusion is that there is a potential difference.
Hey George, in my experience, these meters are colloquially referred to as gauss meters as they usually measure both components of a low freq wave, electric and magnetic. These mats do represent an earth potential, and so are an appealing path to ground for the radiated emf from electrical flow in circuits and appliances nearby. If your body is on one, then you are likely increasing your body voltage with pulsed electric fields. biologically harmful, and not as safe as being barefoot on the earth.
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I understand about the meter colloquial name - point taken. However, grounding the mat to the house electrical ground (or for that matter to any good isolated ground installed outside the house) could increase the electric field at the location you are measuring it. This is because the electric field between two conducting bodies increases proportionally with the potential difference between the two conducting bodies. For example, if there are energized power wires in the wall behind the sofa, (typically reaching a peak voltage of 170 Volts), a fraction of that voltage will be induced on an ungrounded conductive mat placed on the sofa. Now if you connect the mat to any good ground, its voltage becomes zero, resulting in a higher potential difference between the mat and the power wires, and consequently, a larger electric field between the mat and the power wires. So my point is that the fact that your observe that the eclectic field increases when you connect the mat to the house ground, does not mean that the house ground is somehow bad or dangerous. It simply does its job of zeroing out the mat potential.
So if you are concerned about exposure to electric fields, you should avoid sitting on a grounded mat, whether it is grounded to the house power ground or to any other ground. An effective way to minimize electric field exposure is to enclose yourself in a conductive cage, and have no energized wires penetrating into the cage (this is known as a Faraday cage).
So whats the solution? Grounding with a metal rod outside and having no electronic devices near the mat?
Agreed George, Gauss is not measuring EMF.
How exactly do you connect the grounding mat to the metal rod outside in the soil?
What brand are you using? Does it have plastic prongs? And one metal grounding plug?
I don't recall what brand that was
Thank you for the info. Would you please be able to create a video or respond to this comment with a potential workaround for the grounding mat/sheets if we are unable to ground outdoors during the winter season.
getting outside, even in winter, has a number of benefits beyond grounding. You don't need to put bare feet on the ground if it is too cold. Put your bare hand on a tree.
Hi Shane, thanks for posting this video. I see you are using a carbon rubber mat/sheet. I am curious if this type of material is immune to picking up high frequency EMFs from wifi and other sources, as is the case with the silver and other metallic materials? Did you do any testing on this? Thanks.
Anything conductive can become an antenna for RF…even a grounding mat or shielding canopy. The closer the thing is to your body the more of a concern this effect is.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Thanks for the reply! It would be worthwhile if high frequency influences could be tested with different earthing materials. One thing is direct electrical conductivity, another is interference with background radiation. How would you go about testing this? Are you aware of anyone who did this kind of testing of Earthing materials? Thanks.
@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Thank you for answering this. I was wondering why my husband and I still felt weird while using our mat even though we have it running through a seperate rod outside in the the ground, not through our outlet. I wasn't sure if the nearby underground powerlines could be the problem. This makes more sense.
Would grounding to the copper pipe of a central heating radiator work. I understand the pipe work is grounded to the earth?
Is it really safe to plug into the ground outside your home? Somebody was saying that’s too close to your home electrical and you will pick it up in the soil.
Thank you❤
Is it because of the fabric? Would Silver do the same?
Under these conditions and for the intended purpose, I do not submit to being in contact with a ground point that is shared with other ground points, under any pretext.
This requires a fully dedicated ground connection and I don't think anyone would think that this represents overkill in terms of security.
Thank you.
Hey Shane! So, I used a TriField Meter to measure the Electricity coming from my grounding mat when plugged in. When unplugged it was at zero, plugged in at 2. Is 2 a dangerous amount of electricity? I do feel a buzzing in my body when lying on it. I’m assuming that’s electricity and not grounding.
Interested in the same
Make perfect Sense 💪
Why has plugging my earthing mat into my wall worked so well for me then? Measurable improvements in my health since I've started using the product. Not placebo. Please explain?
Me too!
I’m really now wondering about this all?
You likely have a good quality mat and connection then.
Can you share which earthing mat you have?
This is what happens when you have a poor grounding circuit in the house. Grounding products don’t work without a good circuit, people!
you may underestimate the placebo effect. placebo effect doesn't mean the results aren't real. the placebo effect means it was just your perception of the supposed healing mechanism and your mental and emotional wellbeing from that perception that caused the healing, not the mechanism itself which may or may not even be real.
I just made my and it goes out to a copper rod in the earth. Thanks for the vid!!!
Nice work!
Can i use a big jar a dirt to ground my earth mat instead?
Did you try w lamp unplugged?
I did the exact same test at my house and my radiation meter didn't read anything from my wall socket ground. My house was build in 2000. Perhaps your home is wired differently?
Am I good to go? or am I missing something?
I used an EMF metter and also a Gauss (Radiation) meter.
Them EMF was pretty much zeor. And the Radiation meter (same as yours) was only 0.2, barely even registering a sound.
I’m measuring AC electric fields in volts per meter in this video, what were you measuring? Magnetic or electric? You would also need to measure current with a clamp meter that can go down to micro amps to really know if it was low enough. But i can almost guarantee it wouldn’t be.
Gauss is measured by taking the surface integral over an electric field of a surface. A large metal mat will capture a larger more emf than a small one or a cable.
Is there voltage on their ground? Did you test that to see if that was the problem? Could be a bigger problem.
Thanks for asking. Most homes I see have something on the ground conductors. That’s why it’s best to avoid this as your connection for a ground mat, using the earth instead
electricians always bond the ground to the neutral side for some reason.
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and idk if i should ground it outside theiugh the window or make a DIY outlet plug. Can anyone tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground or outlet and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it so i dont get shocked? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
How long of a grounding rod do you need? 1 foot, 8 feet? I seen on Amazon a 1 foot rod with a cord attached to the rod. You push it in the ground outside your window. Bring the cord in through the window and on the other end was the snap to connect the mat.
However long you need it to be to get to the soil
the longer the better, after awhile the rod builds up additional resistance to the soil. you can pour salt on the rod to increase conductivity or when you're working outside just pee on the rod, no joke.
@@DTMFJeff Thanks. I think my dog can go pee on it for me. I heard that you can add magnesium and water to the soil where the rod is pushed in.
The dryer your soil is, the worse your resistance will be. You may have to go deeper with the rod or keep the earth wet around the rod
Can´t you just turn off the electricity of the plug you´re going to use to ground the mat? When I do it, the EMF and EF of the plug go down so I suppose it would solve the issue?
Hey there, what if you live in a flat and it's not possible to run anything of your window?
I haven’t read all the comments to see if this has been asked and answered. Have you tested your outlets to make sure they are actually grounded. Just because the ground plug is there doesn’t mean it’s connected to anything. More likely in older homes. I personally prefer direct contact and walk barefoot as much as possible. I notice a big difference health wise, strength wise. I have not tried earthing mats yet.
Also…I watched another video that mentions some connectors having insulators in them, completely defeating the purpose and being unhealthy/counterproductive. Could this be in yours?
CAn you do a tutorial on how to connect it to the grounding rod plz
So if this is all true,, then we need to use a dedicated shielded wire to the ground rod or else couldn't other EMF get into the wire due to the long run? What gauge of wire and should it be copper ? What about the rod? Copper also?
Good to know
What is a clean outlet?
I think everyone who sees this should copy and paste the link to every grounding mat ad on the internet.
What are the negative side using grounding rod?
Do we have to not use it when rain in case of lightning strike? Or other problem perhaps?
How can we overcome this problem?
I’ve seen some people install an inline fuse.
Don't bother. This guy's entire channel is just to trick people into buying fake products that will "protect" them from some sort of woowoo magic in the air, because electricity grr bad
for me it is not possible to ground the mat into the earth - i live in 3rd floor and no garden ground near by.. is it possible to clip the mat to the heating element? in germany those run with hot water and should all be grounded - or is there an issue about it as well?
Go to a natural area for grounding. Avoid grounding inside the man made electrical grid, including heating elements
For some reason when i do the oitside rod, i get headaches almost instantly and dont feel good, but with it connected to wall socket i get the benefit. Could it be that the side of the house that my room is in has the breaker box , and ac unit right next to it.
thank you for the comment!
Hi, thanks so much for your video and information. I am wondering, for situations where an outdoor ground is not an option (e.g. traveling) would using something like a Greenwave Filter help mitigate any non-beneficial effect of using an outlet for a grounding cord? Or is that a separate type of issue? I hope everyone knows you have a website and consult/product offerings! I wish you the best in your work and I hope to support you through your affiliate product offerings.
Good question, but unfortunately, dirty electricity filtering from a capacitive filter is a separate issue.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 I'm not sure what you mean by "dirty electricity filtering from a capacitive filter is a separate issue." Is there any product out there that we can use to plug into our home outlets that will filter out the effects shown in this video? Thanks!
A plug in filter using capacitance will create a magnetic field and can exacerbate magnetic fields elsewhere in the home caused by wiring errors.
Best home option is to shield walls or run wire conduit in metal. Depends upon how far you want to take it.
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Can I prevent DE by shielding walls? I have a problem with radiative DE from walls.
omg im so glad i found this, i just bought one and its still not here but i know for sure that the electricity here will be like what we see in this video and it will make me feel worse. i hate that i just wasted money but this is what I get for being impulsive
Arent heaters grounded as well? I have a heater in my room, whick is connected to a copper pipe which is not painter. This copper pipe should be connected to the whole heating system in the house, which should be grounded.
I read 6v/m on my mat, whether plugged or unplugged and with the washing machine operating. It means no problem then?
I'm sure you've checked, but are your sockets earthed? Not all mine are. Also you can use it without turning the socket on. Does that affect the readings I wonder?
neither of those options solves this issue
Are there special insulated connectors for outlets that will eliminate the current?
No
alright bro thanks for the vid im struggling to understand tho are these matts worth it or not and if they are what do i have to do ? im worried about emf and shit
reduce wireless exposure when you can (why he suggests ethernet cables.. or i guess unplug wifi when able), or go outside and touch nature (literally)
grounded earth things, to be specific (ie trees, the ground itself)
Thank you for this info. I noticed in one of your comments on this video you said that you can plug your mat into the wall if your outlet is “clean.” How do you test if your outlet is clean. Sorry for my ignorance. My whole extended family young and old uses these mats so I’m really concerned about this!
I'd assume that you test it against true earthing, a cable wired to an iron rod in the earth. If there's no discrepancy, it should be clean.
Can you test if the grounding mat/sheet is working by measuring your voltage with a multimeter before and after making contact with the grounding sheet? If it shows a good drop in voltage and a desirable quantity for the voltage reading, does this mean the ground on the outlet is okay to use? Thank you for sharing your work.
No, voltage only looks at potential difference between 2 points. It doesn’t tell us anything about the current. Current is what kills
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 how much current is bad current in this case?
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If you use a grounded outlet kill switch to turn “off” the outlet when using a grounding mat, does it reduce this problem? I know nothing about electricity but my whole family uses grounding mats! I guess I was too trusting. 😞
No that won’t solve the problem
You can use a flat speaker wire and run it by the window and still be able to close it.
you are right about the gauss reading. but if you touch the mat with any part of your body, the reading goes to zero which means very little to zero voltage on your body. you said it's the current that matters not the voltage.
would .6 MICRO Amps (reading on the mat with my body connected) be bad for your body?
You're talking about a different meter, a multimeter, which people commonly use to 'test' a grounding mat. If the voltage reading on it goes to zero it simply means the two probes are at the same electric potential. If your mat is plugged into the wall (electric power grid), then you've put yourself at 120V. Humans have no business being at a 120V AC electrical potential. People misunderstand this all the time. Now if you are reading current, not voltage, I wouldn't trust any amount of AC current, even 0.6 microamps.
Isn't electricity drawn to ground? So if you are grounding yourself in a strong electrical field all the electricity around you will be drawn to you like a magnet. Couldn't that explain why the reading is higher when the mat is plugged in. It's not electricity coming off the mat, it's the electricity in the air being drawn to and concentrated toward the mat. Please tell me if I'm wrong about this. I'm of the belief that one should only ground yourself in a very low electrical field setting. Like a room with all the power turned off, or outside away from power lines. A good test would be if you turned off the circuit breaker to that room, so there's no electricity in that room, then plug into the ground and see if there's an electrical field on or around the mat.
Yes, that’s exactly what is happening. So if your body is connected to the mat, you become a part of the energy ‘highway’ going to the earth (zero voltage) and your body exposure goes up to AC energy.
So basically it’s better not to use those mats with devices in the home powered on?!
@@pasqualemasullo6844This is getting confusing isn’t it.
@@jaysimpson6857 yea. Absolutely.. but definitely worth understanding. My point of view is that our bioelectromagnetic field helps us to shield from muons coming from outer space, by grounding we enhance body’s charges movement - ie magnetic field. That should deviate harmful muons and protect DNA .
But that’s only an idea.. I’m not a physicist, the reality is much more complex and muons get slowed too and this create some other scattering phenomenae and I haven’t found any literature or performed and experiment about it.. yea.. it’s getting confusing
Was the plug on? In the UK we are able to turn the plug off and still have the earthing effect. The earth is part of the plug that goes into the plug socket.
Doesn’t make plugging in a mat any safer. Your earth wire still connects to the rest of the electrical system at some point in your home.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Hi I asked and Earthing Person and they said. First of all, he claims that the increase in EMFs he measured is due to the fact that the mat is plugged into a wall socket and that is bad. In fact it has nothing to do with the wall socket. The result would have been the same if the mat was plugged directly to a stainless steel rod planted in the ground outside. The effect he showed is simply that when the grounding mat is plugged in, it gets the electrons from the earth to help the mat become more reflecting of EMFs than when it is not plugged in. It acts more like a mirror reflecting light. Because the EMFs are reflected by the mat of course the result is an increase in EMFs close to the mat. That is perfectly expected and normal for all grounding mats no matter if they are connected directly to the ground using a ground rod or using a normally functioning power outlet.
Best Regards,
Gaétan Chevalier, Ph.D., Director, Earthing Institute
@@raymondthebrave so what are you trying to say at the end of the day?is it safe or not
Yes . I just made my own mat , it tests fine with multimeter , but it tingles my feet with use.
Did you measure the current as well as voltage?
I live in a seconed story apartment. I made a home made canopy around my bed and I want to ground it outside my window DIY. Can you tell me exaclty step by step a list of what materials to get at home depot and how to install the ground and the safest way to go about doing it and where to put it? I'm new to this so it would really mean a lot. Thank you 🙏
Hi
Thank you for this video.
I just bought a grounding sheet and after that saw this.
In simple terms as I have no idea about the technicalities & no idea about tools
Would’ve grateful if anyone tell me which tool I have to buy to check I only get the right stuff from grounding sheet.
Thank you
You would be far better off to get rid of the grounding sheet and disable the electrical circuits in and around your bedroom during sleep
Hello, I'm based in the UK. I'm pretty sure all electrics in the UK are grounded to a rod outside the property.. I'm dying to get one of these grounding mats. Would what's outlined in this video prove to also be an issue in the UK please? Thanks. 🙏
Yes, same issue.
Would having an isolated ground receptacle remedy this problem?
Interested in the same
Your ground wire is burried in the ground.... what difference would it make putting another ground in the ground 10 ft away.
Can I test the outlet in any way, so I‘m sure the groundingmat is working fine?
Don’t use the electrical outlet unless you’re sure it’s clean ( 0 voltage¤t) and actually has a ground (test with socket tester)
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 thanks!
Yes, use a multimeter to test AC voltage grounded vs ungrounded. Just search Ytube "earthing multimeter" for proper setup
@@debz9768 yes
A metal frame with wooden base- no springs- is it safe/ what measure should One take?
Bed frame should have minimal metal, as much wood as possible
What about outlets electrical outlets that won't work just by plugging say, a lamp, into the but the lamp won't come on simply but switching it on at its switch, but you have to also flip a switch on the wall? Can anybody answer that? I have this set-up.
Unfortunately not. The ground wire is still connected on a switched receptacle and can carry current.
what about receptacles in metal boxes that connect to a concrete wall?
Anything electrical in your home is generally not safe. Metal boxes are generally bonded back to the system ground, so not good
who's to say that emf from devices in the room don't attract the earthing mat also even if it's connected to a rod in the ground?
It can certainly happen. But a direct earth connection will ‘drain’ the fields away without mingling with the home electrical dirt. Ultimately the Best way to ground is to go outside w bare feet avoiding a mat altogether. You’ll get natural light and fresh air too.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 Unless you have potential snow six months out of the year. I am in Michigan. It’s just now getting to be 40s outside. Our snow has been gone for about a week. I went out in my bare feet yesterday I could barely stay in there a minute. It was so cold. It felt like my feet were on ice cubes.
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This may be so but the benefits of grounding still far outweigh that increase of exposure even using home electrical grounding.
What research can you point to that supports your claim? Something that compares the two types of energy you are connected to when grounding?
You tested the outlet first?
Yes
I own a house built 65 years ago. My wiring is not grounded. Can I use my copper water line as a ground?
Absolutely not. Get that house grounded. Only use a ground mat connected to the soil via a dedicated line that doesn’t touch the electrical system.
At my outlet that I ground my grounding mat, can I disconnect the negative and positive wires from the outlet? Will I still get a ground?
Sorry, my electrical wire is grounded.
Regardless, the grounding mat still seems to be beneficial since it lowers your body’s voltage (proven when tested via multimeter). Isn’t that what matters?
To me, what matters most is that people understand the differences between grounding via the electrical grid, and via their skin to the soil. They're not the same. And if the AC voltage increases with a mat, as shown in the video, then one's body voltage will increase as well. This is not a smart move for health, in my opinion.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947 I recently tested a grounding mat connected to a wall outlet. When my skin was touching the mat, my body’s voltage went to .00V after being around .2/.3V without touching the mat. At the end of the day, I’m sure having the mat grounded from the outside is more ideal, however I’ve noticed benefits with a grounding mat plugged into a wall. If your body’s voltage is .00V, then it seems as though you’re all set according to my observation.
@@Marko.4.222 thank you fir letting us know your reading. I live in Michigan. So I am unable to go outside to ground myself on the bare ground close to six months out of the year. End it would be difficult to put a grounding rod in the ground digging through inches of snow at times.
@@optimaldwellingspaces3947what to do when you live in Norway and you cant touch soil for 6 months of the year?
@@Sindre94Ipswich touch a tree, do an ice bath, wear wool socks or Earth Runner sandals while walking on the snow
most phones nowadays have a magnetometer sensor inside of it, can you download one of the apps and tell me if there accurately reading it like your gauss meter? This would help alot of people that can't afford or find a decent meter.