Moving to a house 3 meters from a 11kv sub station

[Davehaywire]

hi
we are looking at a buying a house that has a small 11kv substation within 3m from the edge of the house, it is walled off and gated.
my main concern is emf s given off in and around the house and garden, distribution cables running under the house.
has anyone any knowledge of measuring emf s in domestic houses near substations and if it has health risks associated .

also I guess the voltage will be a lot higher in the house , so am thinking about a step down voltage transformer within house.
thanks dave

 

[Deleted member 72666]

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[Guest77]

I'm not yet moving next to it, that's why I was asking the question, a relevant comment would be nice!

Okay= yours or clean ones ?

 

[stevey1983]

Just remember this is putting you off, when you come to sell this will also put off potential buyers making it difficult to sell in the future

 

[mechelec]

Your mobile phone will give more EMF than you will get from the substation at 3 meters. I would be more concerned about the noise ie 50Hz hum from the TX. Depending on ground conditions, mounting etc it can be noticed indoors.

 

[davesparks]

We used to have an office/warehouse next door to the 33 - 11 KV substation in old woking, the hum was quite loud but you get used to it.

It was the day that they arrived to repair something at the top of the terminal pylon that my colleague was less impressed, they were working from their helicopter which was apparently quite loud!

 

[Silly Sausage]

I'm not yet moving next to it, that's why I was asking the question, a relevant comment would be nice!

Don't do it, the mind numbing hum, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, year after year; will drive you to alcoholism.

 

[mechelec]

We used to have an office/warehouse next door to the 33 - 11 KV substation in old woking, the hum was quite loud but you get used to it.



Some people are more sensitive to the noise and can be a real problem to them.

 

[uksparks]

This is what you really want, this house is in Corby, in a total dive, ive driven past it a few times, now these people could definately have free wireless garden lights, I should go and knock on their doors and flog them a load of fluorescent tubes.



Or this house just round the corner, say what you like, but I certainly wouldn't want to live under it!

 

[snowhead]

Saves having to buy the kids a climbing frame.

This is what you really want, this house is in Corby, in a total dive, ive driven past it a few times, now these people could definately have free wireless garden lights, I should go and knock on their doors and flog them a load of fluorescent tubes.

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[ipf]

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[LeeH]

should have a decent Ze. i have a customer in same situation.he still has all his hair and he's not impotent.

Maybe I need to find a house next to a substation.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Originally Posted by telectrix
should have a decent Ze. i have a customer in same situation.he still has all his hair and he's not impotent.



Maybe I need to find a house next to a substation.​

• For which reason, the low ze or to be hairy and rampant?

 

[Knobhead]

The only time EMF really comes in to play is with O/H lines and then only at higher voltages. Look on Google, there’s plenty to read, most of it unfounded.

As for the transformer, I should be dead by now. My workshop of 20+ years backed on to three 11/.433KV 1000KVA transformers.

 

[Silly Sausage]

As for the transformer, I should be dead by now. My workshop of 20+ years backed on to three 11/.433KV 1000KVA transformers.

Maybe, but you're only about 38 and not in the best of health.

 

[Engineer54]

God help all of the worlds Power station, Distribution Station and Substation workers if you believe all this emf crap!! And the OP's worried about a tiny Housing Estate TX substation that can be anything from 350KVA to a Maximum of 1500 KVA, but far more likely be a maximum 1000 KVA!!