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Influence of High voltage Substation on Residents

01/07/2015 11:32 PM

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The Saudi Electricity company is going to implement a substation of extra high voltage 380 KV in residential area, Over head transmission line will feed the substation. Is there any harmful effect on the residents around such a substation?

If yes, kindly advise on reference.

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01/08/2015 12:11 AM

Google, "Influence of high voltage substation on residents" and read.

Opinions vary. Results may vary also.

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01/08/2015 12:55 AM

Refer WHO website for maximum electrical and mechanical field strengths allowable in residents,then easure in your premises once line is energised.

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01/08/2015 4:21 AM

Priapism--woohoo! Electrically energized is the best thing!

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01/08/2015 3:09 PM

If you hold a fluorescent tube by one end and it lights up, you should move.

If you hold a carbon graphite fishing rod straight up and you hear a buzzing sound, you should move.

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01/08/2015 10:41 PM

As laymen don't possess equipment to measure field strength they should hire a consultant or company who has such instrument or approach the environmental protection agency.

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01/09/2015 9:07 AM

I wouldn't want to live under one, but I expect the greatest danger is the fear of the thing (psychological).

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01/10/2015 10:11 PM

Not only living under HV power lines, even using ceiling fan,hair drier,mobile phone etc working in HV electrical substation, handling live telecom equipment and so on are harmful to humans,infants even to animals there are hazards. It depends on the intensity & duration of the electric/magnetic field. Refer websites,WHO etc.

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01/11/2015 10:45 AM

If you google "electric fences for protection from animals" you will find different voltages recommended for different kinds of animals. Similarly safe working distances from power lines operating at different voltage levels too will be there but we should know duration too.

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01/09/2015 11:48 AM

Let me put it this way: We Americans have been living near high tension electrical for a good long while now, some closer than others, and it may be apparent by the appearance of "freaks": Loose definition of "freak": (1) head hair may appear tousled and generally out of order, possibly standing straight out., (2) generally disheveled appearance, has not shaved in weeks, when no attempt is being made to grow a beard, (3)smells of stale beer and cigarettes, with pizza stains on shirts, usually a moth-eaten Tee shirt. (4) thinks skate-boarding down stair railings is a good idea, and (5) talks incessantly about the behavior of "midgets" on a bus.

Some of the female symptoms of being a "freak": (1) the girls all speak only one sort of gravelly growly dialect of English known as "valley-girl". (2) Many of these will have hair tied in bunches that point in odd directions, and will have pink, purple, or orange streaks in the hair.

There are a lot of commercials on television (which all spend at least 8 hours watching) about gynomastia after taking Ritalin, etc. I don't know if that really has to do with growing up under power transmission line, or not.

So, if Saudi Electricity company is cool with that, I would say go for it. Otherwise, you might want to lay down some cash for a real study.

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01/09/2015 3:08 PM

"about gynomastia after taking Ritalin,"

Nothing wrong with that, as long as they're fairly symmetric to each other and well-shaped.

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Ohhh, sorry, I thought you said gigantomastia, not gynecomastia. Yeah .... moobs ain't healthy, or all that pretty to look at.

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01/09/2015 6:18 PM

Advise the ruling royal family that living under high tension lines tends to promote radical Christianity. Point to the spread of Born Again Christians and Evangelical churches under HT lines in the U.S. and see what happens.

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I note that some of the posts refer to tests AFTER the lines are in place but I guess you are trying to prevent them from going up in the first place. Here in Western Australia you can buy a house with a very large and empty back yard ( 4000 SqM ) because it's (the backyard) underneath HT lines and no dwellings can be built there. Google Earth 31deg 51'15.65"S 115deg 54'24.87"S

This is the power company;- http://westernpower.com.au/network-projects-your-community-easements.html

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01/10/2015 2:19 PM

There you go again, mate, stirring up the pot are we? I was so thinking that living over that much oil must have a similar effect on radical islam.

But, to the best of my knowledge nothing of that sort here in West Texas. it must be for some other reason that the world is full of stark raving lunatics!

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01/11/2015 7:17 PM

"But, to the best of my knowledge nothing of that sort here in West Texas."

Leaving yourself open for a jibe there, but I shall resist. Never been there so I cannot comment with any sort of credibility. Mind you I haven't been to Ireland but that doesn't stop me telling 'Irish' jokes. 'Irish' jokes in Ireland are told as 'Aussie' jokes and I believe in the US they are 'Polak' jokes. Do you know of 'Texan' jokes?

Example of 'Irish' joke.

An Englishman, a Scotsman and a Irishman are captured in Mexico and sentenced to death by firing squad. On the appointed day the Englishman is lined up against a wall untied and blindfolded. The firing squad aims and the Englishman suddenly yells "Earthquake, earthquake". The squad drops their guns and run. The Englishman bounds over the wall and escapes. The Scotsman is next and taking a cue from the Englishman he yells "Tsunami, tsunami." The squad drops their guns and runs and the Scotsman jumps over the wall. The squad now lines up the Irishman and taking his cue from the other two the Irishman yells "Fire, fi..

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01/12/2015 9:17 AM

that poor bastard.

Here in Texas we do not tell ethnic jokes (much), because we are such a melting pot of all world cultures. But we DO tell Texas A&M Aggie jokes. Like this one:

Luke and Abner (two Texas A&M Aggies) are leading a mule down to the local pond for a drink. Luke tells Abner, "Now you get on the rear end and apply suction when I push the mule's head down to the water". They arrive, and get into position, with actually not much objection from Abner (he is an experienced Aggie pre-veterinarian). Luke pushes down the mule's head to the water, tells Abner to begin the vacuum stimulation. After a short delay, Abner spits violently, and exclaims, "Pull her head up Luke, she's sucking mud!"

I believe that one should get me banned from campus.

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01/10/2015 11:44 PM

All I know is, driving under these lines really mess up my AM radio reception--The same old crap FM 70's and 80's radio is not affected… I like my sports, also...

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01/11/2015 10:18 AM

in india 400 KV voltage transmission line spreads all over the country without any adverse effect on human being . 765 KV transmission line also exists in india . PGCIL planning to implement 1200 KV transmission line also. I think the conducting wire of elctricity should be stringed enough above the ground level. ground clearance is important factor. more distance minimal effect on any animal on ground level.

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01/11/2015 11:01 PM

I heard that these kinds of power lines can make extremely intelligent people st-st-st-stutter.

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01/12/2015 5:10 PM

Probably no worse an effect than holding a high signal cell phone next to one's ear! But there again, I work in a power plant, am (allegedly) intelligent, and occasionally I suddenly start stuttering when I speak. I attribute this to playing with lead-acid batteries as a child.

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01/19/2015 1:58 PM

As long as the substation and power lines are built to code (specifically the distance from residents) the biggest provable effect is a reduction in house land prices due to the ugly power lines and a mistaken and dis-proven belief that living next to them causes health problems (except heightened anxity, but that is self-inflicted).

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01/20/2015 12:23 AM

Read www.emfcenter.com

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01/20/2015 1:22 PM

What a crock, and even in the faq on the website they cannot bring themselves to confirm em fields from consumer electronics cause scientifically-proven harm to humans. This is just another one of the many people cashing in on other people's fear.

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01/23/2015 12:17 PM

You might want to add this video to your consideration, it is all in the mind, the collective memory, and public phobia once a question has been raised, even though there is little, no, or even proof to the contrary. It reminds of this nonsense about human caused climate change, it has nothing to do with reality.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/health/long-after-an-80s-scare-suspicion-of-power-lines-prevails.html?_r=2

Sympathies to the royal family in Saudi Arabia over the loss of King Abdullah. I hope I did spell his name correctly?

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