ᐅ Distance from high-voltage power line with 110 kV (tower type: lattice or framework tower)?
Created on: 22 Jan 2013 23:26
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EisvogelHello,
We have found a nice house, but unfortunately, a high-voltage power line is spanning the valley about 105 m (345 feet) away, at a height of around 25 m (82 feet).
The more I have tried to research this online, the more varied the information I find.
Recommendations for a 110 kV power line (pole type "Tanne") range from 40 m (130 feet) up to 160 m (525 feet). (The voltage is expected to be increased in the coming years.)
Some very cautious opinions even suggest a minimum distance of 400 m (1,312 feet).
Since we will soon have two small children, I am very concerned about what distance would be responsible as a father, so I won’t have regrets later if anyone in the family becomes ill.
I am also worried about ionization of dust particles, as these can be carried quite far by the wind, and the power line is located in the direction of the prevailing wind.
Does anyone have any ideas, scientific findings, or links to neutral scientific sources on this topic?
I have already obtained the brochure from Wissensladen Bonn.
Thanks for your help.
Best regards, Simon
(Hope this is the right category)
We have found a nice house, but unfortunately, a high-voltage power line is spanning the valley about 105 m (345 feet) away, at a height of around 25 m (82 feet).
The more I have tried to research this online, the more varied the information I find.
Recommendations for a 110 kV power line (pole type "Tanne") range from 40 m (130 feet) up to 160 m (525 feet). (The voltage is expected to be increased in the coming years.)
Some very cautious opinions even suggest a minimum distance of 400 m (1,312 feet).
Since we will soon have two small children, I am very concerned about what distance would be responsible as a father, so I won’t have regrets later if anyone in the family becomes ill.
I am also worried about ionization of dust particles, as these can be carried quite far by the wind, and the power line is located in the direction of the prevailing wind.
Does anyone have any ideas, scientific findings, or links to neutral scientific sources on this topic?
I have already obtained the brochure from Wissensladen Bonn.
Thanks for your help.
Best regards, Simon
(Hope this is the right category)
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Micha&Dany23 Jan 2013 07:06Hello Simon,
Sorry to disappoint you a bit, but you won’t find truly reliable information on this.
Why not? It’s simple – because such data does not exist anywhere in the world.
Many people ask the same questions as you do, for various reasons. My former professor was/is a worldwide expert in the field of electromagnetic radiation (EM). He once worked on a major project aimed at studying the effects of cellphone radiation on humans.
But even he couldn’t simulate how the electric field distribution looks inside the human body when holding the phone to the ear. That was already 10 years ago, and I can’t imagine science has advanced that much since then.
And if it’s not even possible to accurately represent how EM behaves in the body, it’s also difficult or impossible to state what effects it actually has.
What you should also keep in mind: Everyone worries about masts – nobody wants to live near high-voltage power lines (me neither). But those thousands of 10,000 and 20,000 volt cables running under streets and sidewalks all around the city somehow don’t bother anyone… Of course, you can’t see them – and what you can’t see can’t be harmful, right?
But try asking Aunt Google about the field distribution of overhead power lines vs. underground cables. You’ll be surprised!
And if you say: there are no high-voltage cables underground near me – then keep your eyes open for how many transformer stations are in your city, and ask yourself how the high voltage actually gets to these stations…
Best regards,
Micha
Sorry to disappoint you a bit, but you won’t find truly reliable information on this.
Why not? It’s simple – because such data does not exist anywhere in the world.
Many people ask the same questions as you do, for various reasons. My former professor was/is a worldwide expert in the field of electromagnetic radiation (EM). He once worked on a major project aimed at studying the effects of cellphone radiation on humans.
But even he couldn’t simulate how the electric field distribution looks inside the human body when holding the phone to the ear. That was already 10 years ago, and I can’t imagine science has advanced that much since then.
And if it’s not even possible to accurately represent how EM behaves in the body, it’s also difficult or impossible to state what effects it actually has.
What you should also keep in mind: Everyone worries about masts – nobody wants to live near high-voltage power lines (me neither). But those thousands of 10,000 and 20,000 volt cables running under streets and sidewalks all around the city somehow don’t bother anyone… Of course, you can’t see them – and what you can’t see can’t be harmful, right?
But try asking Aunt Google about the field distribution of overhead power lines vs. underground cables. You’ll be surprised!
And if you say: there are no high-voltage cables underground near me – then keep your eyes open for how many transformer stations are in your city, and ask yourself how the high voltage actually gets to these stations…
Best regards,
Micha
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