Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
How is the EMF from charging a car different than from an electric HW
heater or an electric range ?
A water heater or electric range is basically just a resistor. Its "EMF"
isn't anything but 60 Hz -- the same thing that's radiated by every
appliance, electric cord, and power line in the world. As far as I know,
such a low frequency has no detectable health effects, unless the levels
are extremely intense.
An electric car can potentially produce higher frequency DMF; up to 100
KHz or so. But this is still *far* below the frequency range that has
shown health effects except at very high levels.
However, it would be poor design not to minimize such radiation. It
represents a power and efficiency loss. It would also have a bad effect
on radios and other electronic devices long before it was intense enough
to affect biological systems.
That's not to say that fear-mongers won't use it as a scare tactic. Love
makes the world go round; but fear keeps the profits coming! :-(
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