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Harvard
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May 16, 2019

Electricity and electric and magnetic fields (EMFs)

Is the Electrical problem "Induced" or what? Electricity and electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) START QUOTE: EMFs are invisible forces that surround electrical equipment, power cords, and wire...
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Harvard
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May 17, 2019
road-runner wrote:
I once visited somebody whose back deck was a few hundred feet from some high voltage lines. On the deck he held up a fluorescent tube, and it lit up (not at full brightness).


So, it is pretty clear there was a voltage present, therefore the question, "was it induced, or what?"
I NOW think it was voltage from the Electric Field. In the past I would have guessed induction...

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