Dirty Electricity: What it is and how to fix it

While everyone is paying the most attention to wireless tech like 5G, dirty electricity is often completely overlooked. In short, all our wondrous gizmos generate noise that couples to the human body from the electrical wiring in our homes, schools, places of work, and so on. What effects does this dirty electricity have? Well, it ain't pretty. Fortunately, there are simple filters you can get that reduce the dangers from this type of noise. Join me for a look at DE and get clean power!
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[@Socute4u]

I love how you try to explain complicated processes and then you say, "so now you're probably wondering, what do I do with this, " and I'm like no, I'm stuck on "flux capacitor" which got me thinking about the movie Back to the Future, and I completely missed everything you said from that point, anyways, still enjoy your videos! 😊👍💗

[@ScottiesTech]

LOL!

[@speaktru69]

LOL! Same thing happened to me and then I started researching every 3 min after he said something I wanted to understand better. So it only took me an hour and a half to finish the video. :-)

[@D70340]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tothum]

This is by far the most detailed video about dirty electricity I've found to date. Thank you

[@CedroCron]

I bought the Greenwave filters to remedy a problem I had with computer equipment doing weird things I couldn't explain and had troubleshot it down to EMI on the line. Like off the charts it was so bad. My electric utility here in Canada wouldn't fix it so I went out in search of power bars and anything else I could find that said it would filter EMI. The Greenwave filters are hands down the best device out there for cutting it down. What I actually did was at my main breaker (fuse) panel I installed 2x 15 amp circuits as the first breakers where the 2 lines of the split-phase power I have coming into my North American Supply. It's 220 volt but split phase of 110v and 110v. So I have one 15 amp breaker on the one leg and another on the second. I installed 2 plugs on these breakers and put in 2 Greenwave filters on each plug of each of the split phase lines right at the breaker panel and I dropped my incoming off the chart noise down to 104mv as measured by the Greenwave meter. I then bought extra to put one in each room of the house and I managed to get it down to 24mv at each spot in the house. All the random issues I had with my computer equipment rebooting stopped, I swear I feel better (anecdotal, nothing to confirm though) and I swear that we are having less issues with electronic devices in general. I also noticed that the sine-wave is clean waves now and not fuzzy waves when I look at it with my Oscilloscope. Anyway, just thought I'd pass along the information.

[@NewEarthWellness]

Thank you so much for this video, Scottie. A friend of mine was talking about it but couldn't explain it and it sounded weird. Now I understand that my friend hasn't lost his mind.

[@AnthonyCelata]

Trust me, your friend AND you have both lost your minds if you're listening to this guy. You're not electrical equipment. Don't stick your finger in the outlet and you will be just fine.

[@4hoofd]

@@AnthonyCelata Do you have anything to back yourself up with or just running your mouth for the hell of it?

[@AnthonyCelata]

@@4hoofd Everything he says is 100% legit. You should go buy 100 of those filters right now and plug every receptacle in your house with them. Good luck.

[@4hoofd]

@@AnthonyCelata This is the thing tho. People like you always got some shit to say but never feel the need make it make sense. Explain why he's wrong or be one of the many sad and ignorant youtube dwellers.

[@AnthonyCelata]

@@4hoofd I think I'll stick with the "sad and ignorant" folks than waste my time explaining why the electricity in your house has zero effect on you, so long as don't stick your finger in the outlet.

[@TheVigilantStewards]

This was a great episode, looking forward to the followup! A lot of times we switch off entire rooms on the circuit breaker for instance where we sleep, and then also sleep on an earthing mat. It feels like sleeping in a cabin in the woods!

[@stephanematis]

Best summary on this subject. Thanks Scottie cracking a unit open and sharing your findings.

[@spookyboo3164]

this is the best and simplest explanation ive heard so far and i was up bought on electronics and installation of electrical equipment

[@andrew41980]

Good morning Cletus and Scottie! Grabbing my coffee and happy for a new vid🖖🏻

[@seanhanson6937]

Looking Forward To The How To Build Your Own Video

[@lindaneese9428]

Really appreciate the clarity of your explanation around dirty electricity. I have had a Green Wave kit and been sitting on it not sure what to do with it. Now I know. Thanks so much.

[@petro00441100]

i had crazy high numbers in my house....certain LED lightbulbs especially the 4 ft shoplights i had everywhere, were really boosting the numbers....changed to all incandescent bulbs(zero on the scale)and got filters for almost every circuit....all numbers are below 50 and i've NEVER slept better !

[@matthewsheeran]

Uhm: you must be sleeping with the lights on since if the lights and everything else is switched off then there is no so called "dirty EMR"!

[@petro00441100]

@@matthewsheeran so you can subject yourself to it all day and it won't affect your sleep ? congrats to you !!

[@mmdotcom_Photography]

great video, @Scottie -- and interesting you mentioned that more 'remote' effect when sanitizing your computer area, and your bedroom getting lower levels at the same time. This is one of these effects that Stezer himself or Orham Miller and other building biologist always point out! Also means that stuff really can come from your neighbors (especially ones that have that "clean"-energy stuff like solar panels -- that aren't so clean after all when they feed-in or use inverters to have AC). When I was little, I used to experiment a lot with DC power for a lot of "household stuff", especially the things that run on low-voltage DC anyway (model railroads, energy-saving halogen desk lamps, many of my other toys and gizmos, radios, fax machines back in the day, battery chargers and what not). Totally would make a lot of sense to use these (from a DC car battery or the like) in order to skip the problem in the first place (at least for these items). I know it still wouldn't solve the remaining issues with your other appliances, DE coming from the neighborhood, let alone shit traveling over the lines if there are smart meters installed in the vicinity etc. On that note, let me also point out what a BAD IDEA the entire "LAN-over-powerline" BS would be! Had the same issues with Stetzer-item shipping you mentioned, thinking of maybe aggregating a larger shipment using some US re-mailing service and then pay the men (including customs thugs, I know) just once. Viabox and some place in IN (strategically located b/c Amazon hub there) might make sense. Anyway, had looked into much of this for some time, but you kind of reminded me to really put it into practice ASAP... Thanks for this one!

[@pearlgrey9419]

Thanks! Cleared the mystery for me. Great video. Been wondering how to diminish the dirty electricity but thought it was far more complicated than how you presented it

[@ronniechua9442]

Thank you for the recommendations. I've been searching for a while, not finding anything suitable until today with your help. Much appreciated.

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

You’ve made a good point that has never occurred to me, simply because I cannot afford these expensive toys. The inverters you’ve mentioned, connected to the solar panel systems, which are EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. When you spoke of the inverters, it opened my eyes to the fact that batteries store a DC charge, and so, I would likely be so much smarter to leave any inverters out of the equation, if I’m only going to go plugging in AC/DC adapters into my inverter once I have one!!

[@correctthatfilthygrammar]

For those about to rock…

[@thedavesofourlives1]

the problem is any length of DC wire will lose more energy to heat trying to run low voltage, than you would lose using a good pure sine inverter and then using your small DC converter at the end.

[@gmsgabaradama2009]

@@thedavesofourlives1right I checked my inverter that runs my entire house and it is extremely clean. It even has like a 2% THD.

[@JanOsborn-w6x]

​@@correctthatfilthygrammar We salute you 😊

[@vinniec5286]

i want to thank you for this video. I have always suspected issues with powerlines at home and at work but could not substantiate my suspicions. As soon as you started discussing the book, I purchased it from your affiliate link (hope it works).

[@grisu5]

Thank you for the very good explanation. It will help me to clean up the "dirty things"

[@bradkaral1188]

Scottie: Thanks for this. I'd just like to add that some naturopaths believe one thing that may make people more sensitive to RFI/EMI is heavy metal toxicity. They theorize that metals in the body could act like tiny antennae and thereby increase the amount of RFI/EMI you absorb.

[@BathroomSolutions1]

i wonder what effect graphene oxide would have??? I heard that this substance is in some pointy things injected into the body...

[@Mihalyofficial]

The forced chemical cocktails and those heavy metals have lovely side effects such as strokes, thrombosis, and sudden adult death syndrome. But we dont talk about that...

[@bradkaral1188]

@@Mihalyofficial What does that have to do with dirty electricity?

[@oceans1259]

Thanks for explaining things. I wanted to remove wifi from my home but the task sounded daunting and expensive. From watching your video 3 years ago I removed wifi and am so thankful for you to make these videos (For Dummies) 😂❤️

[@fredneedle123]

Hey Scottie. Thanks for all the vid os man. I really enjoy your no BS approach. All the best.

[@melodynpepper]

Thank You for sharing your valuable knowledge on this topic. We have had a LOT of strange health problems and other problems throughout this house we bought eight years ago. Recently discovered spaghetti wire job and hundreds of chewed wire jackets throuout. Sounds like this house would be off the charts...

[@donnyetta]

Noise? I get tingly and nearly faint. Very interesting, thank you.

[@nat373]

Thank you for this. I like you and your style of teaching. You simplify well. I am happy that I found your channel. - Hugs.😊

[@wisdom2th32]

Thanks. So glad I came upon your web site.

[@kathesanford3051]

I have been using stetzerizers for years. Very good stuff. Thanks for this video, maybe my hubbie will get it, lol.

[@TheVigilantStewards]

What is your report on them?

[@kathesanford3051]

They do wonders for the dirty electricity, I have an older house with old wiring. I check the plugs, some over 800, then use the stetzerizers, then the total drops to 50 or below. With all the planes(Virginia Beach) and their disruption, at least my house and pet finches stay chill, I find we are not as jumpy, can handle more other stress, as opposed to being stressed for naught.

[@TheVigilantStewards]

@@kathesanford3051 Thank you for sharing

[@luciarixon1857]

Thank you great info🤪

[@xwsftassell]

I'm more interested in how the human body interacts with electricity. I used to be super-electrosensitive 'til I started consuming coconut oil and iodine. After I'd done that for a while, my electrosensitivity just vanished. If, as some have hypothesised, Earth is going to be hit by waves and waves of X-class flares in line with grand solar minimum, surely a prophylactic solution to that has to be found in the human body. Eastern "acupuncture meridians" translate into western "collagen bands". Perhaps that's a bit of a clue. It's interesting to me that whenever you walk into an acupuncture clinic, the first thing you notice is the smell of ozone, which suggests either the human body is producing raw electricity by itself or it's conducting it ambiently.

[@MelLar257]

OMG can you please tell me exactly what you did. I am HYPER HYPERsensitive. I have a vacation home in vero beach that I don't even want to be at. Not sure what is going on. Installed a Static shield power perfect box at the main breaker panel and have several of the greenwave filters and it is not helping at all. I am in agony every time I am at the house. Just purchased in April and in the middle of a pool install and can't stand being there. I NEED ANY ADVICE

[@MelLar257]

@ScottiesTech anything you can add would be greatly appreciated. Also would a negative ion generator help with the issues I am having. After all the filters I still feel like I am cooking from the inside out.

[@xwsftassell]

@@MelLar257 Well, I used to be so electrosensitive, I couldn't go into a room that had wi fi. If you had a cellphone on your person, I could tell you what pocket it was in. I had it really bad. 10-15 years worth. I started consuming coconut oil for unrelated reasons. It got a bit better. A bit later on, I started on the Lugol's iodine protocol, again for unrelated reasons, within a certain amount of time it completely vanished and never came back. Other than that, I've got some Shungite. That's about all I can tell you.

[@MelLar257]

@@xwsftassell wow, thanks so much for responding. Sounds like exactly what I am dealing with. When I purchased the home in April it had a smart meter. I was there for a week and felt nothing. Knowing what I know about smart meters I "opted out" and thought I would be getting an analog electro mechanical meter, but NO they put a digital one on and that is when the agony began. Power company could care less. When you truly to explain it to people the "lady you are crazy" face comes out. When you say "consuming" how much and in what manner? I am going to research the Lugol's iodine protocol right now and get started. Did it take days, months, years? Are you still following the protocol? Sorry about all the questions, but I am in agony...

[@RapturesDelight]

If you have nothing running at night or plugged into outlets, then is there a reason to use a filter?

[@JacquelineMcIntoshNo1]

I just remembered this; when I was a teenager I had a friend who lived next to an electric tower. Every time they turned on their electric organ we could hear a radio station. I forgot all about that until now. The tower was right across the street from their home.

[@Riker-ER]

Also knew a neighbor who had a huge electrical tower, (that support giant lines). The previous owner got cancer and that is why he moved. When I talked to my neighbor, he also had cancer and was moving 🤔

[@Songwriter376]

Probably was a damaged filter component in the organ circuitry.

[@OurFreeSociety]

@@Riker-ER - electricity is VERY toxic to us which is why the evils created the electric cars & will be banning all things gas, so they can harm & kill us. They already started banning gas in AU starting in January. People need to WAKE UP.

[@lyngruen8607]

Odd to me this was put out THREE MONTHS AGO and I just got it today 1/18/2022???!!!! I enjoy your talks......over my head but still informative. Thank you young man 👍 Texas Nana 🤠 PSALM 91

[@lastquid]

Ah, silly me. I edited my comment to include a link, and naturally KZbin deleted the whole comment :D. Anyway, I have both the Greenwave Broadband EMI meter, and the Stetzerizer Microsurge meter, and they're both very useful. The Greenwave meter measures dirty electricity in mV, and has a speaker for an audible representation of the 'noise'. The Stetzerizer Microsurge meter is the OG meter, which was used in a lot of the early dirty electricity studies, and measures in its own units, the GS [Graham/Stetzer] unit, which uses a bit more mathematics and I believe takes frequency more into account. I personally tend to use the Greenwave more often, and use the Stetzerizer for secondary measurements. The speaker is an extremely useful monitoring tool, and gives a lot more meaning to the mV readings, especially for diagnosing an issue. However, it's important to note that a lot of the measurements made in the original research studies were made in the Stetzerizer's GS units. While it's a fair approximation to aim for similar 'values' on the Greenwave meter, it may be a factor that makes someone opt for the Stetzerizer meter instead. Another major thing to take into account - the Greenwave meter measures over a much wider bandwidth (3 kHz up to 10MHz), while the Stetzerizer meter is focused on what they believe to be the more biologically active range of 10 kHz to 100 kHz. This just means that each meter can give slightly different results on the same circuit depending on the noise characteristics. Does it make one better than the other? I'd be lying if I said I knew for sure! For those interested, a link to the patent for the Stetzerizer Microsurge meter is on stetzerelectric[.]com/store/microsurge-meter/ ~ text search for U.S. Patent #6,914,435

[@4UnlimitedBEing]

"They may explode, they may work--we'll find out!" LMAO at this!!! 😆Had to stop video to laugh it out & recompose myself for the final minute of the video. Yes, FAFO is often how we learn about life. 😜 I'm _far_ less cavalier with electricity than you are, sir, but that's because I'm far less versed in it than other areas where I am much more of the "eh, I'll just do this thing in an extreme manner and find out what happens." LOL I'm certainly grateful for folks like you who can provide top notch info and layman's explanation for the rest of us who don't know the ins & outs of this topic but are searching for the information to make our homes and daily lives less polluted by EMFs, chemical toxicants, and other things most folks never give a thought to because these things are just their norm. Thank you!!!😊

[@EconaelGaming]

I had a (probably damaged) PC PSU once, it still worked (no blue screens or any other issues), but it produced a crazy high amount of DE (IIRC it was > 3000 on a GS meter, so at least 72000 mV). Working for 2-3 hours on that PC tired me and my wife out to a point where we needed a nap. After noticing that it affected her just as much as me, I investigated. Swapped the PSU and the problem was greatly reduced. With the new PSU, a single filter would significantly drop the remaining DE, to a point of removing the problem.

[@DavidByers1eye]

Thank You . . .

[@sveu3pm]

i was working once in some small office with those old long flourescent tube blocks, and i swear i could felt the phisycal disconfort whenever thing was switched on

[@111chicane]

It was most-likely because you're sensitive to the flicker from the light. Many people are.

[@OurFreeSociety]

It's mean to make us sick, & I have a video saying the toxic LEDs are just fluorescent bulbs in a different shape, although I'm sure the evils made it even MORE toxic since the 80s.

[@qq84]

Not all switching power supplies are like that. The cheap/bad ones are the problem, unfortunately that are basically the only ones we get. Even in overpriced electronic there are cheap switching power supplies. Are they also ones for the electrical cabinet? That would be one thing the government could easily change to improve our health. ... instead of stamping on our rights.

[@patriciamurphy9691]

Thank you heaps. So well explained.

[@docb3079]

Thank you for explaining things in the way you do, rather than being an alarmist. It helps people that don't necessarily understand and doesn't turn them off from new ways of thinking. I'm not a "techy" myself and am just curious if having the filter plugged in is actually "using" electricity. Meaning, would it change a person's electric bill? Also, does "cleaning" the sine wave up benefit our normal electrical devices in any way? In a typical situation, with an average amount of dirty electricity.

[@ScottiesTech]

No, the filters won't change your electric bill, and they won't improve energy efficiency or anything like that. I suppose they might actually help other devices in some cases since the AC is 'cleaner'.

[@docb3079]

@@ScottiesTech Thank you so much!

[@theaudiblesmusic]

This is truly been one of the BEST VIDEOS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON KZbin!!! TY Scottie for your extensive knowledge!!! I've been getting bad pops and crackling in my Hazelrigg VLC Pre amplifier and I think it because of dirty electricity. I bought the EMI meter and some green wave filters because of you hope I can get them some to see if this is the problem :) is there an email I can ask you a few questions from? Thanks in advance! DJ

[@Mihalyofficial]

I have the same problem in my house w white noise coming through speakers. Did the filters help?

[@111chicane]

Any electronic device made by a reputable brand will have a far more efficient filter built-in than just a capacitor. And it's there to prevent harmonics and voltage spikes disturbing the device itself and also being backfed from the device to the grid. There are standards in place for that, which does not allow "dirt" to be fed in the grid from devices plugged into it. Only if you're mostly using cheap non-brand electronics you have a reason to worry. The capacitors in your filters do close to nothing to suppress the spikes you call dirt. They would only work for inductive loads as motors. A simple first order passive low-pass filter made of a resistor and capacitor would give you attenuation of -6dB only. And your filter is not even that. As shown in your schematics, the resistor is only there to lower the inrush current, protect the capacitor and prevent your circuit breaker of tripping when plugging in the "filter". Also, connecting the resistor and capacitor in series will reduce the filtering effect of the capacitor. On top of that, the capacitor will introduce an unwanted phase shift, which is disturbing other devices plugged into the grid, including older power meters. Similar scam to this dirty power one is the Power Saving devices made of capacitors. I don't argue if the "dirty power" affects human's health, but I do argue solving it is not as simple as plugging in a capacitor in your outlet.

[@ScottiesTech]

For inrush current, wouldn't a series resistor or inductor be better than one in parallel to the cap? But then, I was under the impression that X2 caps don't need inrush protection because they're designed to handle rather massive spikes per the datasheet.

[@johnellingsen8284]

I have a surge suppressor with ground and surge indicator lights. As of about 2 years ago I noticed the lights on the suppressor were flashing much like a router with nothing else plugged into it. It seems as though it only happens on the WST utility power and does not when plugged into buildings on Entergy or Cleco utilities. I had my smart meter replaced with an electronic non smart meter and pay additional to have it read every month. When it was replaced the flashing lights went dark for about 3 weeks and after a weekend power out for an hour, I happen to notice that the lights were again flashing. But now it flashes most of the time but at different times it barely flashes and other times it flashes quite brightly. I took a SHORT VIDEO OF this going on. I suspect it has something to do with either weather mod events or cell phone tower power output which the tower is 2 miles west of my house close to the same height as my house since I am uphill of the tower. any body else having these issues?

[@vfsd234]

​@johnellingsen8284 are you implying that the new non smart meter is creating more dirty electricity than previous smart meter? Do you have a link to your video?

[@gregorio98000]

Thank you! Super informative, I have some really sensitive speakers and when I turn on the amp I can hear a hummmmmm I guess I need to get myself some filters hehe

[@rchn9953]

Minimize using fast switching digital equipment. Connecting capacitors inside the house convert dirty voltage to dirty current. If possible, connect capacitors outside the house.

[@MotivLifter]

Bro. Super strong. Thank you

[@arijeetsarkar1512]

Love your channel !

[@truck9094]

It's interesting , I didn't even guess about such things , thanks Scottie , :)

[@SuzyDeskins]

I just bought the Greenwave EMI meter, and one of the outlets in my apartment measured over 1000. I put in a filter that bought it down to the mid 800s. Should I be concerned?

[@OurFreeSociety]

Wow, what did the company say? That's way above his 100, so yes, I would be concerned. Are you tired in your house? It's hard to find good electricians. sigh

[@SuzyDeskins]

@@OurFreeSociety I have found myself becoming very tired and fatigued when I stay home, even if I am doing nothing at the time. When I stay home a lot, I also suffer from tinnitus, headaches, lack of focus, weight gain, dry skin and hair, and depression. It is very frustrating and time to move.

[@driver902]

Man,, I speak English but that went right over my head. I was watching to see how to make generator electrical clean. Think we just won't run any sensitive things when we need a generator. Thanks though.

[@patrickbullock2136]

In essence what you have is an RC filter that shunts out RF frequencies that are well above the 50/60 hertz line power.

[@WatcherMonkey]

The Bob Ross of electricity!

[@leaguefixesyourmatches8259]

Watch out for these EMI filters. It can create its own Electric Field and can do more harm then good. It made me literally feel sick, headaches and maybe disrupted my blood pressure.

[@nicktick8929]

Do you make your DE yourself or you bought it from professional? There are people who don't feel any better when they install filters. Each house is individual case and you need trial and error approach. There could be more than one factor that makes you ill. You could take filter and try it in different house. You can turn off electricity in one room or distant yourself frome electric equipment.

[@jennheatley5109]

I've installed Stetzer filters throughout my house & they've brought the levels down dramatically. Then I had some electrical work done that discovered & cleaned up some faulty wiring & then found I didn't need as many filters to keep levels low. The Stetzer filters do make a sort of alarming crackle-pop sound when I plug them in. Do you know what that is? The only other downside I've found is that they do create a high magnetic field in the area immediately in front of them -- so I try not to have any close to where I'd spend much time. Any thoughts on why this is or if there's anything to do about it?

[@seumasmacdonald4389]

I'd like to reccomend The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg also if you're interested in the effects of electricity in its many various permutations.

[@paintyourworld3527]

He has done a review on that book in one of his videos.

[@robdebruin9485]

Wow good explanation! Do lots of gigs🎤 and the mixer reacts somthimes wird, especially in big bars, for example, suddenly de refurb shuts off.when the kitchen is closed then problem is solved..i think. Is one of those filters the solution? Yhx b

[@larsinthefuture]

Didn't think a harmonic of a few volts could effect people that way from a few metres away. Maybe if it were in the audible range, but how can non-ionising radiation cause cancer?

[@ScottiesTech]

I've read several papers that involve calcium ion channels in cells or something like that. Honestly, I don't understand the biology part, so I just go with the more epidemiological approach: Problem -> Analysis -> Theory -> Solution. If it works repeatedly, then I guess things are more complicated than I first assumed. That's the way I look at it, anyway.

[@babychicken21]

keep doing these videos your are so right

[@Mihalyofficial]

Very informative and disturbing video. Thanks. Could you not measure EMI and electrical induction with a multi meter though? Its crazy how much they charge for meters. I also bought an RF meter and even with router and such electronics off Im still measuring crazy RF in the house and bedrooms. I wonder if the meter is picking up some of the induced RF by the electrical wiring?

[@brians.7522]

Thank you

[@emmanuelpoirier4602]

electric current = 2D = electrons flowing along a wire magnetic field = 3D = magnetic vortex with central axis as the 2D electric current. The one can't exist without the other, they are the 2 sides of the same coin.

[@SteveStoltz]

Is there any reason you couldn't just install a cap(s) into the breaker panel? One cap per phase? or add a cap to each outlet? It would be a lot cheaper.

[@ScottiesTech]

You can. Most recommendations I've read say to do what I did: install 1 filter on each phase at the panel. But then you test everywhere in the house and install extra filters where readings are high. It seems that putting the filters as close as possible to the source of the noise reduces readings everywhere much better than just sticking filter(s) only at the panel.

[@JS-nr7te]

And basically what youre talking about with the florecent light under a power line is called induction.

[@WVMothman]

Can you use an AM radio off tune to find where most noise comes from?.

[@ScottiesTech]

Yeah, you can... But I've never tried it myself!

[@JacquelineMcIntoshNo1]

Hi Scottie, and Cletus. I just remembered this video, watched again. It amazes me that this has been around us for so long and it's just been brought to our attention in the past, I think, 10 years or so. When we take into the issues with WIFI and Smart Meters, yikes. For so long I've felt safe with everything in my home grounded. I turned my WIFI on a few weeks ago, which is rare, and learned that I have two neighbors who's WIFI reaches into my home. I was diagnosed with ms about a month ago so now I want to protect myself more than ever. Scottie, do you know if the fabric shields that go around a bed, like a canopy, work? If you have any input I'd be very thankful.

[@MelLar257]

Hi can you explain how you know your neighbor's wifi reaches your home?

[@allegrosotto2126]

Thanks, most interesting. I'm on solar power, with a 350watt pure sine wave inverter. This is only active for fairly short periods of time, so am I right in assuming that dirty electricity would not be an issue? But I know of other vans that have 3000watt inverter, so could that change the scenario? You're always most interesting and helpful thanks.

[@ScottiesTech]

I'm not sure, but usually even the 'pure sine wave' inverters create lots of DE. That's what I've read anyway, but I've never actually had the opportunity to check it out myself!

[@mmdotcom_Photography]

you're spot on, @Gönndalf -- that's also on one of my points for tinkering around with a "second system" of DC low-voltage stuff on top of existing household systems [mentioned in my other post under this video]; and even more so if we appear to be talking RVs and boats etc here. Going "direct-Direct Current" ;)) doesn't only cut most onboard sources of DE but would also increase available capacity from your batteries by as much as 4% to 8% per leg (i e double that when first converting up and then down again in power brick)! This is how much even "modern" varistor-based inverters and transformers eat off your battery bank or any other load...

[@P9R]

@Allegro Sotto This is a good presentation, with focus on solar for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2nUn5ifecyFZ6c

[@allegrosotto2126]

@Gönndalf I understand your point, but there are a couple of applications for which there's no alternative.

[@allegrosotto2126]

@@ScottiesTech Thanks, I'm curious now so Will investigate further.

[@UhBuddy1976]

Would this help when I’m using a backup generator in a power outage in the United States?

[@ScottiesTech]

NO! Don't use DE filters on generator power. They will cause the genny to 'overload' and shut down.

[@OurFreeSociety]

I thought DE came from the lines behind the wall, in the outlets, etc., which is why in 3rd world countries they have tons of DE, because most don't know what they are doing when it comes to anything like electricity or plumbing. I'm going to watch the rest & see if you mention that. Thanks

[@lightningwaves5436]

Does a voltage regulator do anything to reduce that capacitive coupling?

[@piitaa108]

Scotti, would you please include a link to the update after using the dirty metres? I scrolled through the videos but didn't see one.

[@gibblespascack1418]

So, the dirty power is not coming from the grid, and/or it is being created in the house? I would have to assume that there is no house level cleaner because we are creating it in the house.

[@MikeG-js1jt]

You covered up that impressively ancient brick-work?............. but why?

[@ScottiesTech]

I couldn't see my face anymore when I had a tan! LOL

[@jadedoptimist6364]

I measured the emf of my cordless phones with my Trifield meter and immediately threw them in the garbage. Old school land line phones a much better. However, in a few years landlines will be discontinued.

[@ScottiesTech]

Tell me about it. I've gone through 4-5 wired phones because the quality is garbage. I'm tempted to get an old-school touch-tone phone from the 80s... :)

[@johnnydub237]

Top notch video man. I read a bunch of the book EMF*D by Dr. Mercola recently and I am doing research on these little devices now. Hella expensive little guys but hopefully they will bring some benefits.

[@PandorasBox2]

good info but why not just add Capacitor bank in your home?

[@SilentButDescriptive]

You need 15 filters? I don't even have 15 plug sockets in my house...?!?!

[@ScottiesTech]

In many places, I needed 2 filters in a power strip because of the D.E.

[@SilentButDescriptive]

@@ScottiesTech We are having a smart meter installed (unfortunately). I heard they cause dirty electricity and might be the main health impacting worries of them. There is a plug socket free in the little cupboard where the meter will go. If I bought a filter and plugged it in there, is it likely to make a cost-justifiable benefit to our home or health?

[@ScottiesTech]

​@@SilentButDescriptive A single filter will definitely help, but not as much as testing and trial/error placing of multiple filters in different locations. The filter(s) at the input to the house are kind of the starting point of a full, thorough solution.

[@craiggraham5847]

Just curious, with incandescent light blubs is there a particular colour or level or brightness that is beneficial for heath. For example, is there a colour which would be appropriate for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and work/study room

[@bypinkerton892]

I'm now thinking about all my electronics as Dirty Electronics..... Refrigerator - TV - Electrical A/C - Heater's - of Course my Smartphones ( watching YT & Charging).... & We feel Area's Water Pump under our home.... Looks like I need Filter's.....

[@JS-nr7te]

Inverters dont switch on and off. They use a combination of diodes that take advantage of the natural activity of an alternating current to chanel a direct current out the other end. I diode only lets electricity flow one direction. You can arrange 4 diodes in a way that will output a direct current as its always moving forward from one incoming ac wire.

[@Conservator.]

Connecting capacitors to power outlet’s draws power from the grid while (old) power meters won’t register it. That’s why it’s forbidden to do so in most places. Installing ‘filters’ like that is resolving a non existent problem. The most ‘sensitive’ equipment (computers) are causing the noise and they run fine without those ‘filters’. Please don’t waste your money on these things and don’t waste everyone else’s money on extra power charges that these ‘filters’ do cause.

[@StephenSmall-j3o]

As I interpret this, I am getting dirty electricity from the grid as well as adding my own from my "smart" appliances. How do I keep dirty electricity from my 200v drier from entering my home network? Is there a "whole house" filter to address dirt from the grid?

[@jolkraeremeark6949]

Ok, it's early in the video, but I would like to run a new, forced air, natural gas furnace with a generator. What type of generator will I be needing? I plan to wire the furnace to go straight to the generator. Thank you for your time!

[@ScottiesTech]

You'd just need to know the max electrical power used by the furnace. Since it's natural gas, it's probably only fan power + control electronics (aka not much). Then size your generator so it has a rated continuous power output at least double what the furnace needs. And preferably, get a good generator (as in "pure sine wave"). Many cheaper generators warn you not to use them to drive 'sensitive electronics'. IOW, they produce 'dirty' power. You COULD probably get away with a cheaper generator, but if you're gonna get one, might as well get one that's better and that has a little extra capacity to power anything else you might want to add later.

[@1betterboy]

So would these filters clean up a generator power supply? a regular generator as to a inverter generator?

[@ScottiesTech]

NO! I discovered this the hard way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJirkGhngL10bNE

[@3Mores]

You got me thinking about my solar collectors on my roof. Each panel has a micro inverter that synchronises to the power grid frequency. These inverters are sophisticated such that they can compensate for some pretty gnarly power conditions. They compensate for 100 -1000 times the fundamental (60Hz). Can they smooth out repetitive noise through feed forward techniques? Can they do the work of the compensating capacitors sometimes placed on the power lines to correct for the "power factor" problems caused by large motors and the like? Do the inverters try to clean-up the grid line power noise? If not, why not?

[@111chicane]

Those invertors do have a power factor correction circuits in them and do an amazing job tracking the grid frequency in order to correct their power delivery. However, power correction and frequency tracking circuits does not smooth out any noise, just the opposite. A power correction circuit uses a switch (MOSFET transistor) to short an inductor, part of the converter, to the power lines with fairly high frequency. That introduces more noise to the grid, even though, there is an EMI filter at the input of your converters. Those filters suppress incoming and outgoing EMI but does not eliminate it. The capacitor filters shown in this video won't help you with anything. It's an old scam, along with those noise detectors. Not all humans are sensitive to EMI. In fact only few are. If you are certain you are one of them, you need custom 3rd. order L-C filters and metal shielding for all of your electronic devices to help with EMI. And even that can't eliminate them completely. So no point wasting your energy with this.

[@snacks4331]

Can we charge our phones with dirty electricity??

[@thedavesofourlives1]

So you're basically adding power factor correction caps. Why not just use isolation 1:1 transformer to filter grid dirt?

[@ScottiesTech]

As I understand it: Sort of. Isolating from the grid doesn't stop the noise, because most of it originates on your side, not the grid side. What comes from the grid side seems to be a combination of everyone else's noise.

[@Kevinrichardsonministries]

Question: I know next to nothing about this kind of stuff but I'm forced to learn due to current circumstances, as I live in the Philippines and the electrical service here is pretty much nothing less than an abortion. These guys just hook up 2 wires with no ground and they don't care which way the wires go. Usually all the wires are the same color, etc.. etc... soooo here's my question/questions. Since practically every single device with an electric motor has blown a capacitor which I had to replace at one time or another... my feeling is my electric 220v service is probably pretty dirty. Add to this we have regular "brown-outs" as they like to call them, so I had a 10Kw diesel generator made. It uses a A.C. Synchronous type ST-10 50/'60Hz generator and I have noticed several of our appliances seem to pretty much hate it when we are on generator power... ie: funny noises, etc..etc... and the air-con won't even run well enough to cool, so as I am thinking about adding a solar back-up... if I buy and install a Pure Sine Wave HYBRID charge controller/inverter (or a couple of stack-able 5Kw units) wouldn't that solve "the bulk" the above mentioned problems? Thanks for your reply in advance.

[@ScottiesTech]

SWEET JESUS!!! That sounds like a lot of fun... Your electrical hookup probably suffers from low voltage and inadequate cabling resulting in current overload (which then leads to even lower voltage). There's also the issue that neutral and live can't be swapped - they're very different animals, which means I'm amazed the system works at all. You can definitely improve things in your house by installing your own ground (copper rod in ground, maybe several of them, tie them all together with same diameter wire as the house supply wires, and connect to your panel. Of course, if none of the house wiring has a ground wire, then that's pretty useless... but at least you could ground a few things for safety's sake! The generator problem is another story. It should be spitting out nice smooth AC at the proper frequency and with plenty of current to drive anything happily. Looks like the Philippines is 220V at 60Hz, so make sure the generator isn't outputting 50Hz. That would make everything suck pretty bad! Usually, you'd also install a dedicated ground for the chassis of the generator, which would NOT be connected to your house ground (if any). Solar + batteries + inverter is definitely a good option. It might be cheaper in the long run depending on the cost of diesel.

[@Kevinrichardsonministries]

@@ScottiesTech ... Ok... Thanks for the good leads/tips to check out. There's never a dull moment around here... as for setting up the solar... we are going to do same in addition to the back-up generator. These days the more back-up one has... the better, at least in my reality. As for diesel fuel, we are cutting the diesel fuel cost by blending bio-diesel with regular diesel fuel. Cuts the fuel cost about in half as we have a small cafe and the used cooking oil is repurposed. Thanks again for the feedback... Much Appreciated !!

[@mmdotcom_Photography]

wow, that really sounds like a pile of garbage. IFAIK, in order to get rid of DE, having proper ground is essential! So you'd need to install that in some way that works throughout your entire installation. All in all, that situation sounds like you'd be better off actually going off-grid (looks like you wouldn't "miss much" in light of that kind of "grid" and "service" you're paying for over there?! Apparently you're also not given pure sine-wave power with your more sensitive items behaving like that. Off-grid/solar or generator-run island grid may also need pure sine-wave rectifiers: depending on generator model; good solar inverters usually have it, but that (in all likelihood both) would come with yet more sources of DE again! I once installed a switchable generator-backup for our house in Sweden. Apart from a separator switch, we needed to bring down a copper rod for grounding (you're not getting "free mass" from the utility the moment you actually throw that switch, nor would you want to b/c grid resistance would overpower and break your generator/not working/not legal, too). Anyway, digging an earth rod down can be done, not too complicated. Then you can go from there with Stetzerizing and getting rid of DE that way.

[@Kevinrichardsonministries]

​@@mmdotcom_Photography ... Thanks for the suggestions/recommendations. We are currently working on the installation of a heavier gauge wire (as previously suggested) from the power pole to our main breaker panel, as there does appear to be signs of burning/hot wires Beyond that... we will go down the check list of all of the suggestions/recommendations in order to try and get a handle on these issues. Thanks again to everyone that has offered advice... we'll keep you posted as we make progress.

[@srira7910]

Given the voltage rating of the MKP62's EMI Filter, other than install safety pre-cautions, why not put an MKP62 across L1 & L2 terminals (each phase) to the main panel in a house? This would help filter dirty AC from the substation? Or DIY individual filter for each leg (hot to neutral). This as a whole house filter.

[@ScottiesTech]

Ideally, that would work. But in practice, it doesn't... It helps, but it's kind of the starting point. Then you test around the house and find "islands" of D.E. where you add more filters. Noise is usually not easy to squash out.

[@srira7910]

@@ScottiesTech Seems a filter per leg tied across neutral would cover the whole thing. Yes, agree with you, still have to mitigate internal sources.

[@mikedevita5558]

I suspect my 40amp charge controller and 3000w inverter in my very modest 4 panel 100w each solar system are DE suspects. How would a filter be used on a charge controller when it receives the DC from the panels and regulates it to the 3, 100ah in parallel batteries?

[@ScottiesTech]

It should be the inverter created the most noise. I'm really not sure how to suppress that noise though, as inverters are basically noise machines. The charge controller shouldn't produce much noise at all since it's mostly DC.

[@mikedevita5558]

@@ScottiesTech when I shut off the DC feed from the panels to controller RFI on my ham radio ceases or when it's night and no dc is being generated by the panels it ceases. I'm trying various mixes of ferrite beads and chokes and have inconclusive results. Thanks

[@Gdenariwoo]

Dude fantastic! Does this mean that I should get a filter for each device or can I run a power strip on one filter?

[@ScottiesTech]

Both may work, but you have to test with the meter and play around with moving filters to see what works best. There's no 'one size fits all' solution. Not to worry tho, becuz it's fun!

[@MelLar257]

will negative ion generators help with dirty electricity side effects?

[@DenisEfimenkoMusic]

hey bud! Will an Online UPS solve some buzzing issues in my home studio? Thanks

[@ScottiesTech]

It can help, yes. What I usually do is put everything on a UPS. That isolates everything from the grid. Then, if you're using things like a mixer + XLR cables, be VERY careful with cable routing. I've seen nasty buzzing when a DC laptop power cable was running parallel + too close to an XLR mic cable. Sometimes, it takes very little to generate really annoying noise. Re-arrange cables, and poof: no more buzzing.

[@christopherjbutler]

Hi Scott! I wonder if you could comment on whether or not the GreenWave or other dirty electricity filters will actually draw power and therefore increase your electric bill, or is the Amazon reviewer I quote at the end of this comment seeing things? I found my way here not because I was looking for dirty electricity mitigation for health reasons, Rather, I am a musician and home recording studio owner, and I have had noise that shows up when I use any electric guitars in the house. It is NOT 60 cycle hum, and it is NOT the usual electromagnetic fields in the house inducing noise in the pickup coils kind of thing that one sees anywhere. It is noise that is only introduced when the guitar is plugged into equipment that is connected to mains power. For example, I have a self contained tiny battery powered guitar effects processor that plugs directly into the guitar, and has a headphone / line out jack. As long as I play the guitar using headphones or, say, a JBL Xtreme battery powered speaker using a stereo 3.5mm cable from the effects processor to the line in jack, I get only the normal 60 cycle hum and EMI noise I would get anywhere, depending on the way the body of the guitar is facing or where in the room I am. However, if I use that same fx processor, with the same guitar, in the same room, in the same seating position, but plug the JBL Xtreme into mains power instead of running it on battery (or I use ANY other amplification that is connected to mains power) I get substantial amounts of buzz that do not appear to be a harmonic of 60hz, and are harsh buzz, not hum. This happens most noticeably on single coil pickups, of course, but also happens with my humbucker guitars and even my EMG active pickups in one of my strats.. Everywhere else I have used that EMG equipped Stratocaster, the pickups are DEAD QUIET even when using TONS of gain or overdrive. It is maddening. I am going to have to use the process of elimination and turn every breaker off in the house save for a dedicated circuit (I have one in my studio room that is a home run from the panel to a single duplex outlet) into which I plug my guitar rig, and see if the noise is there, or at least if it increases significantly as I turn on the breakers in the house one by one. In the meantime, I was thinking of making use of the GreenWave filters and meter as a possible mitigation for the studio only. As I did my usual thing of reading every review, good, bad, or indifferent, I found this review that indicates that the devices actually draw and consume power, and that with say 6 of them in the house, it can be a significant draw, say 800 watts? 24x7.. Top reviews from the United States DT 3.0 out of 5 stars They do work but will cost you money on your electric bill Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2021 Verified Purchase I bought about 12 or so of these Greenwave Filters in the past year. I also bought the Greenwave EMI filter to measure the noise. The meter and the filters do work. The meter along with the filters are a great marketing pair for the company because if you start measuring with the meter you most likely will purchase more filters to keep lowering the measurement. They do work BUT as another reviewer stated they do consume power. I have verified his measurement and each filter will pull about 1.2 amps (or about 140 watts) each and the manufacturer does not mention this in the literature! Just be aware that they will absolutely cost you more money on your electric bill. Because the capacitors change the phase angle of current to voltage, a watt meter won't accurately show this. Look at the VA measurement and especially the current and you will see the same. I have also found that the performance is dependent on where you locate them. I have found that they work best at the end of the circuit but results may vary. Also some greatly reduce the noise and some don't depending on where they are located. I have cut back to about 6 filters at strategically placed locations but this is about 850-875 watts continuously 24 hours at day, 7 days a week and it will show up on my electric bill. Is it worth it?...maybe if you are willing to pay the cost.

[@ScottiesTech]

The filters cannot draw 140W of real power. They'd overheat. While adding capacitors DOES change the way power is consumed (real vs apparent power), I found zero difference in my electric bill when using them. Unless you're power company is billing you for apparent power (aka the extra juice required by capacitive and inductive loads, which is VERY rare and usually only happens in an industrial setting), they should consume no real power. Thus, your electric bill can't go up. As for your noise issue, I wish I had some good advice to give, but those problems are a BEAR to track down. I think your plan of turning breakers on one-by-one is a good one. At least you should be able to isolate the source of the noise. Keep in mind it could be a combination of factors... Like if your TV breaker is on AND your puter breaker is on, ta-DA! You get the noise. But if one or the other (or both) are off, you don't get any noise.

[@carlgreene538]

If I plug in my mobile phone at home to charge but leave it on it gets very hot but when I do the same at a friends house it stays cool so maybe I have dirty electricity at home.

[@ScottiesTech]

Interesting... Is the signal strength the same at both locations?

[@carlgreene538]

@@ScottiesTech Hello I have replied twice to you but it's not showing.

[@carlgreene538]

Okay I will try for a third time. My signal at home in Newark on Trent is terrible but much better in Jaywick Essex where my friend lives.In both instances I was sharing my WiFi from my Nokia 2720 flip while charging the phone at the same time.The battery at home gets really hot but at my friends in stays cool.

[@ScottiesTech]

@@carlgreene538 I'm wondering if it's because with a poor signal at home, your phone transmits full blast. That + WiFi maybe makes it heat up too much? That shouldn't really happen, but it's the only thing I can think of...

[@randgrithr7387]

You should use a weaker charger, like 500mA to 1A. Constantly using the "TurboCharger" that came with your phone will quickly kill the battery life. I had a phone for 2 years and the battery life was nearly as good as the day I got it. The charge port died and it was cheaper to buy a identical used phone than fix it. The battery life is noticeably worse on the replacement.

[@nat373]

Does this cause ringing in the ears?

[@richarduk679]

If the appliances cause the dirty noise on the electricity. Then having a plug with a dirty filter built in to fit to the offending appliance would seem to be the way to go. Even better. If you’re building your own, then you could customise the filter on each filtering plug to suit that appliance. Or if you’re a manufacturer, you could do a range of plugs with varying filtering strengths. Actually, maybe you could just put the filter in the lead of the appliance?

[@StephenSmall-j3o]

My solar generation uses a microinverter on each panel to convert panel output to AC and then send it to my home for use. Soe of this ac charges batteries which ultimately will be called upon to run my house (after reconversion to ac of course). I am guessing that, since the generated ac is distinct from the grid, it is "clean(er)", but what about that converted from my batteries?

[@ScottiesTech]

You really have to test everything. Very often, inverters (AC->DC) are noisy. But ultimately, it depends on how all the noise sources interact with each other. You can do filters at the grid entrance to your home, but that's rarely enough to eliminate this kind of noise.

[@CristianMuresanu]

Hi Scottie, I watched with great interest your presentation. I built myself some filters, using only 2,2 uF capacitors and I wonder if you measured, eventually, that voltage with the noise-meter device. Can you tell me how much milivolts showed in your case ? (with the filter you presented) - in your other video, you measured 41 mV ... and I presume is the same as with the original filter ?

[@ScottiesTech]

I had 150-300 in most places. One room was 700 (without filters)! With filters, everything was between 20-40mV.

[@CristianMuresanu]

@@ScottiesTech thank you very much for your quick answer. My filter used at 220Vac network is making about 21 to 26 mV reduction. I used a modified schematics and if you wish to see it, I can send you a link on a FIY forum (Do It Yourself)

[@CristianMuresanu]

www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/diy-emi-filter-for-power-supply.391454/

[@ScottiesTech]

@@CristianMuresanu Yes, please!!! Thanks.

[@CristianMuresanu]

@@ScottiesTech I also tried several types of coils and capacitors ... and I also added multiple parallel capacitors of 1/10 from each. So, the 100 nF has in parallel 10 nF with 1nF and with 100 pF ... and so one. There are theories which suggest that as the capacitance get higher, its then they cannot filter above 100kHz ... (choosing 10 microF), so you add in parallel 100 nF which can filter up to 10 Mhz and then you add 10 nF which can filter up to 1Ghz ... here is an example passive-components.eu/choosing-of-right-blocking-capacitors/

[@spookyboo3164]

yes that right they never had the that kind of tech then i remember one of the lecturers giving an whole session on sw mode power supplies as you the higher the frequency the smaller components needed but they did not know about dirty electricity in them days know its in everything

[@djtazzmtl]

Could you show us under a scope how it looks like?

[@saifcathum3423]

After a bit of research into AC line EMI I came across something similar called an AC line conditioner. It seems they are popular with the audio community. I understand how a capacitor acts as filter to clean up power. Is it really that simple? The AC line conditioner has something that is missing in the Stetzerizer filter called a common mode choke and in some cases two additional single chokes. Can this be incorporated in your design in some way? I'm not exactly sure how and where these components can be most effective. I would much rather install one large unit at the source than have a bunch scattered around the house.

[@ScottiesTech]

It seems that one big filter at the input to the house is less effective than smaller filters scattered around. That's what they say, and that was also my experience. I THINK the DE filters are only a cap because it's filtering differential mode noise (noise on one wire) instead of common mode noise (same noise on both wires that passes thru the ground wire). For audio purposes, the common mode filter would be better as I understand things. There's a handy PDF I found that explains this stuff pretty well: www.x2y.com/appnotes/emi/2001.pdf

[@saifcathum3423]

@@ScottiesTech I think it's starting to make more sense to me now. It seems the capacitor types and ratings are what's important. The voltage and capacitance I understand, it's the ESR rating that's new to me. Like how ultra low ESR capacitors in drones help with filtering video transmission noise caused by the ESCs. I wonder if that would make a difference?

[@ScottiesTech]

@@saifcathum3423 ESR and ESL are just equivalent series resistance/inductance - IOW, a cap isn't just a capacitance; it's also a resistance and inductance. Usually this doesn't matter so much until you're dealing with super-high frequencies. For example, when you buy a polypropylene film X2 cap, even all the data sheets just say 'super-low ESR!' without giving a value. For little teeny chip capacitors for GHz-freq circuits, then they give ESR/ESL cuz it matters much more. At very high frequencies, even the traces on the circuit board matter and must be modeled and EMI tested. It's an ultra-hairy job cuz you get all sorts of weird behavior, noise, etc. and you think it's your circuit design, but alas no, it's the actual traces on the PCB routed poorly! Nutty stuff. For DE, the particular size/type of cap just seems to be chosen to filter the medium-range frequencies of about 2-150kHz. The X2 EMI (line-line) caps are also chosen because they fail safely across 120/230Vac. They tend to be "self-healing" to some extent, and when they fail, they just short line/neutral - which trips the breaker and you're done... no exploding or fire hazard. Which is nice!

[@vfsd234]

​@ScottiesTech and what about using both whole house inline filter with the stetzers?

[@brians.7522]

Hey Scottie. I've noticed that EMF is frequently being grouped together in the dirty electricity category. As I understand EMF is the effect of electricity passing through a conductor, and is not cancelled by an opposing field. In this video you state that dirty electricity is caused by high frequency transients, caused by the technology used to convert AC to DC, dimmers, and inverters. So to clarify, it appears that the dirty electricity filters can address the high frequency transients, but not the EMF, and to address EMF issues you would need to correct improper wiring in your home...is this correct? And thank you!

[@ScottiesTech]

More or less, yeah. The problem with D.E. filters (as far as I understand it) is that technically, they reduce D.E., which reduces the noise that capacitively couples to the human body. BUT, the drawback is that they result in noisy current, which creates noisy EMF, which can also be bad. Now, where it gets even more hairy is that I tested the EMF difference with and without a D.E. filter at home, and there was no real discernible difference. Then again, some studies show that teeny-tiny EMF (esp. pulsed GHz digital signals) can still have negative effects on the human body - and even then, it appears to vary from person to person. So, it's really quite insanely complicated... I've known people who just turned off the WiFi, and boom - their health problem stopped. And then I've known people who needed the D.E. filters, but WiFi didn't matter! The real problem is that - assuming there ARE health effects from all this stuff - we'd need a serious, broad, multi-discipline study where everyone actually works together. Then we might get somewhere and have actual answers. Until that happens, well... use what works!

[@kevinaponte7078]

Couldn't you just beef up the consept of the circuit and install it in the breaker box/load center of the house?