Category: Grounding

We have told the story of our discovery about the grounding of our modest home of cinder block construction with metal electrical conduit and about how our neighbors house caught on fire in the middle of the night. https://reject5g.info/2022/04/02/house-on-fire-the-fourth-rod/ . The story continues as the hazards compound and we must raise further warnings. How does your garden grow? We all have choices before us about how we will live in the world as it is unfolding.

Our Homeowners Association was unresponsive to our request to help notify other HOA members that our electrical grounding systems may have been part of the problem and that our homes could be at elevated risk for electrical fire. Not only that, but they approved a neighbor on our boundary to constructed a sun pouch of aluminum construction, that has inadequate setback from our property. Although I am the established title holder, surveys are conflicting and it turns out, there were no as-built surveys done when the community was constructed so the entire plat could be in question.

The Aluminum Association of Florida has not returned email or phone calls from us inquiring about the safety of constructing an aluminum addition attached to cinder block with electrical conduit and a 25-year-old grounding system that of questionable code compliance when new.

Mike Holt has just a little bit of information on his forum. https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/bonding-of-aluminum-structures.29047/

And then the City, who could not answer questions about our grounding systems and the possible electrical hazards of the aluminum construction, also allowed the sun porch to be constructed under a building code exception that allowed it to have plexiglass windows rated for only 75 MPH. Yes and who decided there would be no as-builts needed for the community? The City and the HOA.

So now I have potential wind and electrical hazards set back an inadequate distance from my home. Ah! How could they do such a thing? Let us take a trip back to 1997 and 1998 when the community was constructed with the metal conduit in cinder block and the grounding systems with a single grounding rod and who-knows-what-else.

The community has no as-builts, but in my building permit search for surveys, we did find the plans. And what we did find in those plans, was what was supposed to be installed for the electrical ground which is shown below.

We compared this to what we found in 2021. Our rod was about six inched deep, buried by our FPL Meter. The grounding rod has two wires connected by two connectors. One wire comes from the FPL meter to the rod and the second comes from the rod and goes under the slab. We can only hope the second wire connects to the pipe, steel and slabs it is supposed to.

One other code issue is that the soil in the community is sandy so it is likely the single grounding rod would not pass a 25 Ohm resistance test. How is there only one grounding rod? Is the cold water pipe intended to be the second grounding electrode and those two intended to meet the grounding requirement? Then the second wire that goes under the slab would be to the reinforced steel & all ext. slabs. & pool where applicable, intended for bonding.

So, what was the code? The riser diagram references part of the code as 1996 NEC (National Electric Code). A significant part of the NEC Code for grounding rods seems to have been established in 1978. As I am not a licensed electrician I will post my favorite responses from electrician’s blogs on when and what the requirements are. We will also note that how the code is interpreted and applied can be subjective and at the discretion of the local Building Department.

Link: https://www.electriciantalk.com/threads/when-did-code-require-2-ground-rods-on-200a-service.266204/ and favorite post: Not that simple.
1978 is when the requirement for a supplemental ground (in addition to the water pipe) was put in the NEC. That supplemental ground could be accomplished with many types of grounding electrodes, but it was most often done with rods. Using a second rod if not 25 Ohms was around for a long time, early 1900’s I believe. But up until 2008 the inspector was the one who had to prove that it wasn’t 25 Ohms. In the 2008 NEC they changed it so that the inspector could make the contractor prove it, or add a second rod.

Another Link discussing the above: https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/when-were-driven-ground-rods-required-by-code.110096/

So, it could be argued that our installation had two grounding electrodes, although one could not be verified, so it would not be required to meet the 25 Ohm test. However, there is one more issue of how the two electrodes must be wired for the 25 Ohm requirement.

Link: https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/grounding-electrode-conductor-continuous.112999/ Favorite post: Bonding vs grounding The purpose of bonding is to equalize potential of electrically-connected metal parts, the grounded conductor, and the structure of the building. The purpose of the GEC is to provide a low-resistance path to ground. They serve very different purposes. Code interpretation set aside, the connection between two ground rods is part of the GEC and a mechanical connection, rather than a continuous wire or being exothermically fused, offers much higher resistance, imho.

Participants in the above blog from 2014 do not come to consensus on the requirement for the continuous wire through the first two electrodes when both are required to meet the 25 Ohm requirement.

In another blog some participants use a diagram from the code that shows the first and second electrodes connected by bonding jumpers, but to not specify if the first electrode met the 25 Ohm requirement.

Link: https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/interpretations-of-nec-250-64-c.6116/ Favorite Post: None. We think the use of the diagram is faulty. It does not address the question of the 25 Ohm requirement in the example.

The continuous wire seems to be more generally accepted as better practice that will pass inspections without problems from differences in opinions or variations in local code.

Indeed, the NEC Code has some obvious shortcomings as described in this more current article https://www.csemag.com/articles/electrical-grounding-and-bonding-per-nec/ including the obvious question about even two electrodes meeting the 25 Ohm requirement. Certainly, the two electrodes would be more likely to meet requirement if the wire is continuous. But NEC does not require the test if two electrodes are used. Then, there is the question about the 25 Ohm requirement itself, that has been the standard for a century while EMF has escalated.

If you consider the Grounded Electrode Conductor to be the first two Grounding Electrodes, NEC 250.64(C) on grounding electrode conductors, that requires the continuous wire, would reasonably apply. But NEC 250.53(C) on bonding jumpers suggest that the second electrode may be connected as a bonding jumper. Is NEC 250.53(C) and excuse to ignore NEC 250.64(C)?

It is the Electrical Riser in the plans for every home in my community that shows the installation I found, was not constructed per the code according to the plan. Looking at our Electrical Riser it would appear that the rod and cold water pipe connection were intended to meet NEC 250.64(C) as grounding electrodes, with a continuous wire, and the second wire was to go to reinforced steel & all ext. slabs. & pool where applicable, to meeting NEC 250.53 (C) as bonded connections.

We believe the plans required two grounding electrodes, that would be requited to be connected by a continuous wire. And that the grounding of our homes was not done according to the plans to meet the grounding code requirements. Now that one grounding electrode would be over 25 years old and woefully inadequate.

It is notable that, throughout the blogs on codes, the electricians discussions minimize the importance of grounding and even express that the standard should be set by the lesser ones of bonding. This is the perspective of those who work with 120V, 240V and even 480V systems. Your health depends on what is happening on the micro end as your brain operates over a range of approximately 0.000100V (100 mV). These are the waste voltages that need to leave the system by the electrical ground that is essential to the performance of your sensitive electronic and biological equipment.

We very much liked our upgrade to two grounding rods on a continuous wire from the Florida Power and Light (FPL) Meter.  FPL requires other utilities on your ground to be manifolded as an Intersystem Bonding Terminal (IBT) as described in the FPL Service manual you can find here:  https://www.fpl.com/partner/pdf/electric-service-standards.pdf.

The initial reduction we observed in the magnetic field of our home, as measured by an GQ EMF390 trifield meter was 30%. We added two more rods by attachment and have had an overall 40% reduction. It has been over a year since installation and stray voltages are still dropping very slowly. Our sensitive electronic equipment and our biological equipment is functioning much better.

We would suggest for other homes of construction similar to ours, that there be a continuous wire from the meter through three 8-foot grounding rods, each spaced 16 feet apart. For homes like ours of cinder block construction with metal conduit, we would also recommend the cinder block construction be maintained and sealed to keep the cinder block dry and non-conductive and to keep the slab and surrounding earth moist.

Besides the improvement in safety and to your sensitive electronic and biological equipment, the benefits of proper grounding of the house electrical system includes reduction of the surface ground voltage surrounding the house from energy coming off the slab and benefit to landscaping that may otherwise essentially be getting slowly electrocuted.

We are looking for better ways to live. For our garden at home that has not done well in the current environment that is being deployed on the world, we are looking at these very interesting ideas for our garden https://cultivateelevate.com/blog/electroculture-gardening-techniques-for-beginners-elevate-your-garden/ and https://ironcabin.co/electroculture/ . Amazon has supplies – beware of the winding jigs-they are counter-clockwise. We have already installed a few clockwise antennas and will be looking to see how things grow.

Yes, we would much rather have electroculture than electrocution of our garden.

Over 20 years in the making, spawned by 911 and the Patriot Act with First Net, then Hurricane Katrina, the Integrated Public Alert Warning System (IPAWS) utilizes antennas deployed everywhere to alert you and keep you safe. Now they are going to show their stuff on Wednesday October 4th, as a National Alert is to go out. If you live in Palm Beach County Florida you are going to get a particularly widespread blast as all those new developments out west (and everywhere else) have been required to gear up to participate. There will be nowhere for a bug or a flea to hide from the Big Blast.

Many species of wildlife are already facing extinction and are given no quarter. We have had inquiries about encapsulants holding nasty packages that have been injected in our favorite species, homo sapiens. We are going to recommend the C60 App of Subtle Energy and then tell you that all the rest of the solutions are all the same so we will try to stay in the solution here.

Of course there must be fear, that will be played to the hilt, as there is talk of weekly postponements for the “weather”. Now, we all do know how that is being managed and so first be prepared to get out the popcorn for the show. 11 GHz and 18 GHz antennas have been up on our towers since 2010. How these things are revealed, reveals a lot. Hopefully they will have it done by Halloween. You must pick your frequency and own it.

It could be a big nothing-burger. Maybe they will all choke on their own interference. That is our best guess. If they did, would they tell you?

At this time, we are considering staying online wired and putting extra faraday on devices with antennas. If you do not have time to get a proper bag, tin foil works. The thickness is not so important as how it is sealed. Get a 2 inch overlap and fold it multiple times. GPS disabled, in Aiplane mode and turned off like a good wireless device should be. Turn off your Alerts in Settings. Do not forget that some WiFi gateway boxes have capacitors and have to be shut off hours before they are inactive.

How will you spend your Blast time? RF/MW radiation will come from the earth and the sky in every frequency they got. Get whatever cover you can and get earthed. Taking an Epsom salt bath with the water running to just go down the overflow, is one way connect to ground if you have no other. Running water.

Don’t forget there are two factors in the destruction of your DNA. It is when you are Powered Up and Pulsed. And I would note that the time they selected to do this is a peak power time for the grid. You can power down your own environment some by cooling off your house early and then turning off the AC and all the breakers to everything except the refrigerator during the Blast.

You have the power to turn it off. Turn it all off.

Just too bad about all that wildlife that does not have a room with radio protection. What to do?

For one thing, I plan to leave out bird food and clean water. And during the Blast, maybe I will start my irrigation system for some good soaking that may give a few creatures some cover. And it helps with grounding.

Do not forget to protect your pet. Remember that pet (and human) microchips can contain antennas up to 30 inches long. https://chipmenot.info/pet-microchip-information/#inside

Then what is there to do but to say a prayer for the innocent and unprotected, and go get out the popcorn to watch the show.

If you have any other suggestions on how to protect life and property we would be glad to hear from you.

Update 9/30/2023: Here is the original warning that went out that was picked up by infowars and has people talking about this. I think it is much more significant that these broadcasts are being done by the FEMA and the FCC while the FCC has not responded to the court’s remand for science based Human Exposure Guidelines for Radio-Frequency Microwave Radiation.

From Jason Shurka: https://www.jasonshurka.com/ebs

Update 10/2/2023: It is noted in the above FEMA and FCC link above that these tests have been conducted annually for several years already. However, know that 5G deployments have continued despite the lack of adequate FCC Human Exposure Guidelines for most of what they are deploying. In particular we have noted that the technological nightmare near us was racked out with some particularly nasty 4G and 5G antennas just this last February. Three were some special C-Band antennas developed by some three or four letter agency.

Update 10/3/2023: We have received additional information on the possibility of use of the new C-band antennas deployed this last year, to do some mass experimentation on gut control. This could also include Wi-Fi frequencies. Here is the actual research that is said to be funded by a four letter agency https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771271 . Got zinc?

Update 10/4/2023: We hope you enjoyed your Big Blast. We spent our time under radio protection as we described. The breakers were off and the water was on and our meter said all was good. If you know of anyone who broke out with symptoms from this, let us know. We had a very nice rest while the Blast took place. What was most notable to us was the behavior of our pet, a fairly large, not entirely domesticated, calico cat. If things had gone bad, keeping her under faraday could be a problem. So I had arranged several treats and had the cat carrier handy. But just before 2 pm, she went under the bed, under the faraday, went to sleep on the floor there and she did not come out until after 4 pm. Yes, the animals know.

Stay wired and grounded, my friends.

It has been over two years since the Environmental Health Trust and the Children’s Health Defense presented approximately 14,000 pages of proof of harm from radio-frequency microwave radiation to the court and the Federal Communications Commission had their Human Exposure Guidelines for radio-frequency microwave radiation, that were the basis for 5G deployments, remanded back to them as they were not properly based on science. See our post https://reject5g.info/2022/01/14/listen-to-devra/ where Dr. Devra Davis was on Prime Time telling people about the evidence where their DNA is being destroyed. H E L L O !

And yet, Big Telecom is still being allowed to loot public utility subsidies to roll it out and people are still buying it. What could this be going on? How could it be that such a highly intelligent and qualified person cannot convince the public that their phone and their wireless devices are not their friends and are not smart?

Oh, yea, that harmless non-ionizing radiation fairy tale about the energy of a single photon. You have to know by now, that there is something else happening here. Birds, bees, trees, you and me are all massively harmed as our planet has gone toxic. Watch the news and wonder how the fires are started as we are burned.

After I had my wake-up call in 2019, I found there was a lot of obscured science behind beliefs about the safety of RF/MW radiation. Being an engineer and a scientist myself, I took a different approach to deciding if harm to DNA is being done. The experiment to look at is how to ionize substances using RF/MW radiation. There were several of these available, but the most all encompassing is this:

Microwave Ionization of Hydrogen Atoms http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Microwave_ionization_of_hydrogen_atoms

Dima Shepelyansky (2012), Scholarpedia, 7(1):9795.doi:10.4249/scholarpedia.9795revision #184867 [link to/cite this article]

• Dima Shepelyansky, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

Microwave ionization of hydrogen atoms is a process of electron ionization of excited hydrogen atoms by an electromagnetic microwave field when tens or hundreds of photons are required to ionize one electron. Even if a microwave field is relatively weak this multiphoton ionization is much more efficient than a direct one-photon ionization at high photon energies (see Fig.1). Such a rapid ionization happens due to a diffusive growth of electron energy generated by dynamical chaos in the classical system. Quantum effects can suppress this diffusion with emergence of photonic localization which is similar to the Anderson localization in disordered solid state systems. The diffusive photoeffect was first observed in experiments of Bayfield and Koch (1974) [1], which happened to be first experiments performed in a regime of quantum chaos. The quantum effects of photonic localization were first observed by the group of Koch (1988) [2].

Hydrogen is one of the elements that makes up your DNA.

I never read through the tens of thousands of studies on the subject of harm from RF/MW radiation. After your have become the data, it is easy enough to recognize what you are experiencing in review of the most well know studies. But just what kind of crime against humanity, life and property that this really is, comes down to how it effects DNA.

In this first article they discuss fields. And it is noted there, “ Ionization of chaotic Rydberg atoms: A hydrogen atom is an integrable system and a microwave field should be relatively strong to induce chaotic diffusive ionization. However, it is possible to have atoms which are chaotic in absence of microwave field: it can be hydrogen or Rydberg atoms in a magnetic field, or Rydberg atoms in a static electric field.“ So now, what about all those other magnetic and electrical fields all around us and in our homes? What is happening there? If you are under the influence of other electromagnetic fields you become more susceptible.

So, lets see how you ionize with microwave radiation. So far we have referenced fields, but what happens when you use multi-photon techniques? This is best described in the abstract of one of the articles referenced under note 31. It should be noticed that the frequencies in the following are similar to those used by Starlink https://reject5g.info/2022/11/08/it-is-here/

Connecting field ionization to photoionization via 17- and 36-GHz microwave fields. https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.043415

J. H. Gurian, K. R. Overstreet, H. Maeda, and T. F. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. A 82, 043415 – Published 15 October 2010

Abstract

Here we present experimental results connecting field ionization to photoionization in Li Rydberg atoms obtained with 17- and 36-GHz microwave fields. At a low principal quantum number n, where the microwave frequency ω is much lower than the classical, or Kepler frequency, ωK=1/n3, microwave ionization occurs by field ionization, at E=1/9n4. When the microwave frequency exceeds the Kepler frequency, ω>1/n3, the field required for ionization is independent of n and given by E=2.4ω5/3, in agreement with dynamic localization models, which cross over to a Fermi’s Golden Rule approach at the photoionization limit. A surprising aspect of our results is that when ω≈1/2n2, the one- and multiphoton ionization rates are similar, and even at the lowest microwave powers, all are 10 times lower than the perturbation theory rate calculated for single-photon ionization. Further, we show that when the Rydberg atoms are excited in the presence of the microwave field, the probability of an atom’s being bound at the end of the microwave pulse passes smoothly across the limit. This microwave stimulated recombination to bound Rydberg states can be well described by a simple classical model. More generally, these results suggest that the problem of a Rydberg atom coupled to a high-frequency microwave field is similar to the problem of interchannel internal coupling in multilimit atoms, a problem well described by quantum defect theory.

Uh Oh! the probability of an atom’s being bound at the end of the microwave pulse passes smoothly across the limit. Microwave pulses.

Ah! Rydberg! And the quantum defect theory. Yes, the one photon fairy tail is based on that quantum theory that has defects. These defects include the characteristics of hydrogen that makes up your DNA. And Chromium that is a whole other reason why we should not be living in RF/MW radiation. The above reference uses Lithium. Yes, another Rydberg, part of that defect theory. All have major roles in human physiology.

Hydrogen is part of your DNA. Lithium is involved in brain function. Chromium is prevalent throughout the environment. In the lowest energy state Chromium exists as Cr 3+, an essential nutrient in blood sugar metabolism and then there is the slightly higher energy state, Cr 6+, which is a carcinogen. These are all considered Rydberg atoms.

Powering people up with electromagnetic fields and RF/MW radiation and then hitting them with pulses of high powered RF/MW radiation is a formula for DNA damage, neurological dysfunction and diabetes and cancer. All documented and in plain sight for quite some time now.

This is why I keep telling anyone who will listen, to get control of their wireless devices, turn them off as much as possible and to get wired and grounded. And I ask you to do so again, my friends.

If you are wondering how a fourth grounding rod could be necessary on our modest Florida cinder-block home, perhaps I should explain that a neighbors house burned down last May 2021. The flyer went around for aide for the family while I was in no condition to help, sick and financially stressed from the deployments of God-Only-Knows-What kind of microwave systems that were deployed in March and April of 2021 in our area. Nerve and muscle pain with insomnia can take you down fast and I needed some help from my Safe Tech Friends to get by. The RF/MW radiation readings went up all over as the Stetzers (indicators of high frequency noise) on my household electrical went up over safe levels. Reports came in from near and far of pain and illness. The rainfall has diminished and watering restrictions were imposed as deployment on the planet went forward.

Lucky for me, an electrosensitive citizen scientist who is active in the Safe Tech networks came to my aide and we made a Faraday canopy over my bed so I could sleep and make some recovery from the mess. With Budget RF film pinned to the ceiling and walls, the radiation in my house became manageable. It has been a slow come-back as continued deployments further stress resources.

Our local electric utility company has also been helpful with our questions about our electrical supply. They did not like our suggestion that the microwave towers were effecting the electrical supply and our homes. They would insist that those two sources of energy effecting our homes, are not the same thing. However, they took care of their business and they have made upgrades to our substation and we do now have clean, reasonably well regulated electricity to our homes.

After they took care of their business, I took care of mine. The three new grounding rods I had installed on the house were still inadequate to ground out the energy backing up in my home. This manifested itself as stray and ghost voltages that would elevate the electrical ground with attempts to ground them out through that system. They do effect our sensitive biological systems as well as our sensitive electronic equipment and our appliances. We have installed a fourth grounding rod.

I believe the need for the fourth rod to be partially due to the dry soil conditions and the construction of the electrical system with metal conduit in cinder-block. With such construction it appears to be important to keep the cinder-block dry (non-conductive) and to have the cement slab moist (conductive of stray voltage to ground). Grounding systems are dependent on the moisture content of the surrounding soil.

The other issue of the grounding is at the transformer we share with some of our neighbors. The utility provides a grounded conductor and the ground available for our service can be effected by others on the transformer. So perhaps I am grounding out some of the neighbors problems. I will be talking to them about EMF Safety in our community and I hope they will not all need four grounding rods. But it takes what it takes.

See our earlier posts about this problem: https://reject5g.info/2022/01/29/the-third-rod/ and https://reject5g.info/2021/12/23/merry-christmas-lights-and-gifts/

Hear the latest discussion of Paul G. with Scott McCollough on the wireless industry problems, including questions about the fire safety of the wireless facilities themselves.

Go with God, hang on to Mother Earth and stay wired and grounded, my friends.