"Earthing sheets" - the new snake oil

"Earthing sheets" - the new snake oil

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100SRV

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2,162 posts

248 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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I really don't know what to make of this:

https://rowlandearthing.co.uk/pages/science

anonymous-user

60 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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100SRV said:
I really don't know what to make of this:

https://rowlandearthing.co.uk/pages/science
See also fuel magnets.

100SRV

Original Poster:

2,162 posts

248 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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pocketspring said:
See also fuel magnets.
I remember those - a friend was an "agent" for them, think they were called ecoflow? Good for picking up dropped nuts and bolts or collecting swarf.

rewild

3,021 posts

145 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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That's frightening. I know people who would believe that in a heartbeat because it looks "sciency".


six port

303 posts

172 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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I think there’s something in it to be fair but wouldn’t want to sleep on something connecting my body to the plug socket. What if there is an earth fault somewhere in your house?!

deckster

9,631 posts

261 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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six port said:
I think there’s something in it to be fair but wouldn’t want to sleep on something connecting my body to the plug socket. What if there is an earth fault somewhere in your house?!
That's what they rely on. To be completely clear: there is nothing in it. It's complete rubbish. The "science" is nothing of the kind. They are scammers, preying on the worried and the easily led. Nothing more than that.


KaraK

13,261 posts

215 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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six port said:
I think there’s something in it to be fair but wouldn’t want to sleep on something connecting my body to the plug socket. What if there is an earth fault somewhere in your house?!
Are you interested in purchasing a bridge?

rxe

6,700 posts

109 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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I thought this would be a thread about overpriced hi-if components.

Dogwatch

6,263 posts

228 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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rxe said:
I thought this would be a thread about overpriced hi-if components.
Highly Iffy - tick
Overpriced - tick

Yep.

C n C

3,498 posts

227 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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deckster said:
six port said:
I think there’s something in it to be fair but wouldn’t want to sleep on something connecting my body to the plug socket. What if there is an earth fault somewhere in your house?!
That's what they rely on. To be completely clear: there is nothing in it. It's complete rubbish. The "science" is nothing of the kind. They are scammers, preying on the worried and the easily led. Nothing more than that.
Agree - complete tosh.

product website said:
Every meter above ground level, there is a build-up of around 300 volts inside the body. So, if you are sleeping in a second storey bedroom, you will carry a charge of 1,000 volts, on average.
So if you're in an apartment block on the 10th floor, you'll be carrying around a charge of 10,000 volts???

Also, the last thing I'd want to be connected to when sleeping would be the house plug socket when there's a thunderstorm.

deckster

9,631 posts

261 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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C n C said:
product website said:
Every meter above ground level, there is a build-up of around 300 volts inside the body. So, if you are sleeping in a second storey bedroom, you will carry a charge of 1,000 volts, on average.
So if you're in an apartment block on the 10th floor, you'll be carrying around a charge of 10,000 volts???
Jesus wept. Regardless of how much bks they spout elsewhere, you'd have thought they might get the fundamentals right.

bucksmanuk

2,320 posts

176 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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here's the top man
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsallseo/
Make your own mind up...

handpaper

1,347 posts

209 months

Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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deckster said:
C n C said:
product website said:
Every meter above ground level, there is a build-up of around 300 volts inside the body. So, if you are sleeping in a second storey bedroom, you will carry a charge of 1,000 volts, on average.
So if you're in an apartment block on the 10th floor, you'll be carrying around a charge of 10,000 volts???
Jesus wept. Regardless of how much bks they spout elsewhere, you'd have thought they might get the fundamentals right.
Getting the fundamentals wrong, while looking smart to the insufficiently-educated, is these scammers stock-in-trade.

See also : CleverLittleClock

dr_gn

16,368 posts

190 months

Thursday 4th August 2022
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bucksmanuk said:
here's the top man
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsallseo/
Make your own mind up...
Bruce’s recommendation is a bit worrying, under the circumstances:

“My experience of working with Jack has been absolutely positive…” hehe

dr_gn

16,368 posts

190 months

Thursday 4th August 2022
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100SRV said:
pocketspring said:
See also fuel magnets.
I remember those - a friend was an "agent" for them, think they were called ecoflow? Good for picking up dropped nuts and bolts or collecting swarf.
Carbonflo?

https://www.energy-xprt.com/products/carbonflo-che...

I seem to remember it (or something very similar)was a thing back in the ‘90’s, at that time being touted as a lead replacement for petrol.

dontlookdown

1,915 posts

99 months

Thursday 4th August 2022
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The Broquet fuel catalyst I think it was? Claimed to have been used by the RAF in WWII.