Earthing

[Pierre]

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Sometimes when I'd have a head ache or feel sick, I found that taking a long shower helped quite a lot -to the point where I had learned to use it as a primary form of reliable treatment. I wonder now if perhaps bathing in water from a grounded source was helping to balance my body's charge? Hmmm.

I've noticed the same thing. At first I thought it might be solely due to the cold. But when I tried swimming in our above ground pool which has a vinyl lining which prevents the proper grounding of the water, the effects were not as beneficial as swimming in the pond where water comes from underground springs and lies on a clay strata.

Both the pool and the pond being filled with cold water, I concluded that while cold water is beneficial, grounded cold water is even more beneficial, at least in my case.

 

[987baz]

I noticed that going for a swim in the ocean has a positive effect on me, I always thought it was because of the magnesium content, but maybe it's also has a grounding effect!? Food for thought indeed

 

[Woodsman]

Instead of modulating on a schedule, I'm going to wear the grounding wire to bed after those days when I've been up in the air a lot. -I live and work on second stories of buildings, and especially during the Winter months, don't get outdoors enough to ground naturally.

On days when I've been outside and would have had plenty of means to naturally balance my charge, I'll simply not wear the ankle band when I sleep.

This seems like an obvious solution in retrospect. Trying to force things to a schedule is silly.

I wonder how long it takes to equalize charge by, say, clasping a metal hand rail outside?

Does the charge change instantly, like a capacitor shorting, or is it more like a battery with an LED placed across it where it would take appreciable time to let go of excess electrons?

I suppose the fact that I don't get a shock when I put on the grounding ankle band indicates that it's a fairly slow process.

I learned long ago in a high school electronics class that skin is a fairly good insulator. -The teacher told us that when skin is broken and there is blood exposed, a wall socket shock which might normally just make you jump can now be lethal.

 

[anartist]

Instead of modulating on a schedule, I'm going to wear the grounding wire to bed after those days when I've been up in the air a lot. -I live and work on second stories of buildings, and especially during the Winter months, don't get outdoors enough to ground naturally.

On days when I've been outside and would have had plenty of means to naturally balance my charge, I'll simply not wear the ankle band when I sleep.

This seems like an obvious solution in retrospect. Trying to force things to a schedule is silly.

I wonder how long it takes to equalize charge by, say, clasping a metal hand rail outside?

Does the charge change instantly, like a capacitor shorting, or is it more like a battery with an LED placed across it where it would take appreciable time to let go of excess electrons?

I suppose the fact that I don't get a shock when I put on the grounding ankle band indicates that it's a fairly slow process.

I learned long ago in a high school electronics class that skin is a fairly good insulator. -The teacher told us that when skin is broken and there is blood exposed, a wall socket shock which might normally just make you jump can now be lethal.

I don't think you are grounded if you touch a metal railing unless it is grounded. When you are outside, I would guess you are in bare feet (or special grounding or leather soled shoes)?
How many units are in your living/sleeping building? I ask that because of my experience.

I bought an earthing kit a while ago, a metal threaded sheet I can plug into the ground on an electrical socket. It came with a testing device to make sure I had a ground, and using it confirmed I had a ground. (I also used an electrical meter) A few nights sleep though convinced me something was wrong, as a slight pain in my right knee from twisting it became worse and worse, to the point where it became difficult to walk on.
I think the problem is that I live on the 3rd floor of a condo of about 300 units. Now I am sure my ground in the electrical outlet is good, but I can not verify that all grounds that my ground is connected to are good. That is, there could be an electrical fault(poor wiring) at play here, or any unit could at any time be using their ground to fulfill its function, grounding electricity from an electrical device(faulty or not). Or it could be a device in my unit!
I have disconnected my grounding sheet, and when I eventually move I'll choose a place where I can use a metal rod inserted into the soil so that I can avoid this problem.

What do you think of my analysis?
If correct I think it would serve as a warning to anyone who is looking at earthing, to make sure that you have a good electrical/grounding situation.
Reading the thread I don't think it is likely that I received too much grounding, as unlike Laura and Ark I did not wake up with a headache. But you never know. I think it would take many many days of grounding this way to produce such an effect, but I don't know that as I did not read how long Laura and Ark were using the grounding sheet.
btw, do you know why the grounding sheet was put under the mattress rather on top of the mattress?

I am intrigued by your experience with grounding however. On Easter weekend I went camping near Lake Erie. I walked in bare feet some of the time, and swam in the lake (cold therapy
I did not notice any beneficial effects in my sleep that night, but many issues were at play there so it may have been a worse sleep if not for the grounding!!

 

[Nico]

Can dirty electricity come up by the device and disturb the body ?
I understand that from your post, anarkist, especially if one is living on a flat with potential disruption from other appartments (better to live in a house direct at the earth floor). I remember talking with the owner of Get Fitt FIR blankets who said certain underground natural environments are so electrically polluted that the circulation within the body is badly affected, no matter if the flow is open.

Wisely choose your milieu.

 

[Three Times]

My Mum used to say to me years ago that walking on wet grass with bare feet in the morning would earth you, and was great for you, I do it when I remember from time to time, I must make a concerted effort to do so regularly and record the results.

 

[beetlemaniac]

Today, I spoke to a colleague who earths his bed and professes that it has helped him with his jet lag. It's also helped his mother, who is a very light sleeper, to get better rest. We had also shared some information on dirty electricity and EM radiation. Since earthing, he experiences no more jet lag after flights. He also tells me that he sleeps at 4 am and wakes up at 8 am feeling refreshed, which I found somewhat surprising.

 

[monotonic]

I put a sheet of velostat under my bed and grounded that to a known good outlet ground. I didn't notice an effect either way. I suspect the velostat or my mattress is not conductive enough. I figured high conductivity on the ground part of the circuit won't help considering the other half of the circuit must pass through miles of atmosphere. Maybe my mattress is just one heck of an insulator, probably polyester or something.

For those if you that might be getting too much, perhaps you could try adding some resistance in series with the ground line, for instance force the electricity to flow through a hair? Or maybe even a small gap in the wire would be only conductive enough to let the proper dose through, after all half of the circuit is miles of atmosphere... I'm envisioning a PVC pipe with bolts screwed into both sides so you can adjust the gap between them and control the ground current.

 

[anartist]

I put a sheet of velostat under my bed and grounded that to a known good outlet ground. I didn't notice an effect either way. I suspect the velostat or my mattress is not conductive enough. I figured high conductivity on the ground part of the circuit won't help considering the other half of the circuit must pass through miles of atmosphere. Maybe my mattress is just one heck of an insulator, probably polyester or something.

For those if you that might be getting too much, perhaps you could try adding some resistance in series with the ground line, for instance force the electricity to flow through a hair? Or maybe even a small gap in the wire would be only conductive enough to let the proper dose through, after all half of the circuit is miles of atmosphere... I'm envisioning a PVC pipe with bolts screwed into both sides so you can adjust the gap between them and control the ground current.

monotonic.
If the sheet is not touching your flesh, you will get no grounding affect. It seems that we have to physically touch the "ground", i.e. walk in bare feet on the earth (preferably wet for better conductivity) in order to benefit from the electron flow into our bodies to increase our energy and detox potential. It doesn't appear to me that putting a conductive sheet _under_ a bed will ground you.

 

[monotonic]

I switched to an ESD strap.

 

[anartist]

I switched to an ESD strap.

Ahh! that's interesting. I guess you attach to a ground, like the ground portion of an electrical plug, an outside ground, or some other fround.
I'd be interested in your report back on the effects of this.

 

[monotonic]

Mainly it just seems to keep me from swelling up during sleep due to the heat. I think it just has a general effect against inflammation, and I seem to feel more rested. Note, I sleep and spend much of my time on an upper floor and haven't seemed to have any issue with overdose (presumably because spending a lot of ungrounded time on an upper floor is compensated by the extra flow from being grounded on an upper floor). The first time I put it on my leg started tingling, which really makes me wonder.

 

[Turgon]

I bought an earthing kit a while ago, a metal threaded sheet I can plug into the ground on an electrical socket. It came with a testing device to make sure I had a ground, and using it confirmed I had a ground. (I also used an electrical meter) A few nights sleep though convinced me something was wrong, as a slight pain in my right knee from twisting it became worse and worse, to the point where it became difficult to walk on.
I think the problem is that I live on the 3rd floor of a condo of about 300 units. Now I am sure my ground in the electrical outlet is good, but I can not verify that all grounds that my ground is connected to are good. That is, there could be an electrical fault(poor wiring) at play here, or any unit could at any time be using their ground to fulfill its function, grounding electricity from an electrical device(faulty or not). Or it could be a device in my unit!
I have disconnected my grounding sheet, and when I eventually move I'll choose a place where I can use a metal rod inserted into the soil so that I can avoid this problem.

What do you think of my analysis?
If correct I think it would serve as a warning to anyone who is looking at earthing, to make sure that you have a good electrical/grounding situation.

I was reading the link to Radiant Life that Woodsman added in his opening post, and they were saying that their ground therapy sleep mats have a resistor built in that's supposed to keep any sort of electricity from feeding back into the grounding mat, so that you're only exposed to get exposed to negative electrons but no electrical charge or shocks. Do you think that faulty wiring could have bypassed that in some way? The reason why I'm asking is because I was thinking of getting my grandpa a grounding mat for Christmas. But he lives on the 6th floor of a building that has hundreds of apartments. I've already talked to the Management and they won't let me stick a grounding rod and wire out of the window and into the ground so it has to be through the electrical sockets. I still have to double check that they are grounded, but the only disclaimer I've read about are for potential surges from lighting or thunder storms, that if they hit a building, the electricity will seek the path of least resistance to the earth.

 

[monotonic]

ESD straps typically have a 1 million ohm resistor. If you got one and a set of alligator clips you could add it yourself with almost no effort. Whether 1 million ohms is the optimal value, I'm not sure and might be difficult to figure out. Maybe a question for the Cs?

 

[MusicMan]

ESD straps typically have a 1 million ohm resistor. If you got one and a set of alligator clips you could add it yourself with almost no effort. Whether 1 million ohms is the optimal value, I'm not sure and might be difficult to figure out. Maybe a question for the Cs?

Hello Monotonic, many years ago I worked for a company called Siemens, about the time that CMOS devices were being used in electronics gadgets that they manufactured. They discovered that people were blowing them up just by touching them, so the company installed a complete earthing system in their factory, which included special conductive floor tiles affixed with conductive glues and thoroughly earthed the whole lot. Then all the staff had to wear these (ESD) foot straps and wrist straps while they were at work. It used the 1Megohm dropper, this was basically to stop the wearer from being shocked accidentally. So this is probably a good option.

Personally I prefer the wet grass idea, just don't touch anything electrical while you are doing it.