EMF readings while charging

[antimatterparticle]

Some readings while charging the Lightning using the ford pro charger. I have an 80 amp setup but it never goes above 69 amps at about 232V.

readings are at the charge port and inside the car:

not charging at charge port

charging at charge port.

Interior floor driver while charging

Reading at the seat while charging was 0.5.

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[RickLightning]

Beyond not building my house under a powerline, and not sending my kid decades ago to a preschool under the powerlines where they said "it hasn't been proven", I have no clue.

Are those readings in the "you're going to glow at night" range?

 

[antimatterparticle]

Beyond not building my house under a powerline, and not sending my kid decades ago to a preschool under the powerlines where they said "it hasn't been proven", I have no clue.

Are those readings in the "you're going to glow at night" range?

I do not know. I think nobody knows.

my only assumption/deductions are not to stand next to the truck holding the charger plug while charging while talking to your neighbor

While sitting there is not much to worry about the family jewels.

Comparing the readings to stuff around the house, even the power lines coming in, they are definitely high.

 

[bmwhitetx]

One of my early jobs at the utility company was investigating EMF concerns (circa 1985-1990). Power lines are a "line" source and the EMF falls off by the square of the distance. Microwaves, transformers, chargers, etc are a "point" source and falls off as the cube of the distance - so pretty quickly.

EMF is related purely to amps. The voltage does not matter (that is another matter - the Electric Field). Agree with the OP, nothing really solid materialized. But Rick was right at the time - why chance it? The worst offender were the old style electric blankets with a single wire. Keep those away from pregnant women.

Best way to reduce the field is to have conductors close together with opposite currents so they fields mostly cancel. Like twisted pair cable. This is what they did with electric blankets and the EMF was significantly reduced. We changed the phasing of some double-circuit transmission lines that reduced the fields pretty well. I wrote a computer program that would calculate the fields based on different phasing. Had to use that EE degree for something!

 

[Maquis]

The EMF you measure would likely be the same for another load of the same amperage through a similar cable. This is not EV-specific.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Beyond not building my house under a powerline, and not sending my kid decades ago to a preschool under the powerlines where they said "it hasn't been proven", I have no clue.

Are those readings in the "you're going to glow at night" range?

Just do what I do, wrap your kids up in this:

 

[RickLightning]

Just do what I do, wrap your kids up in this:

Just wear a hat.

 

[lightspeed]

I wonder what it is during DC fast charging and also while driving.

 

[Ffxdude]

Just do what I do, wrap your kids up in this:

I already have to use that on my keys, now your telling me I have to use it on my kids?!?!

 

[Yellow Buddy]

I already have to use that on my keys, now your telling me I have to use it on my kids?!?!

I mean you don’t HAVE too. Only if you love them and don’t want them to develop to be evil mutants.

Just wear a hat.

Who’s to say I don’t already? You’ve been on here long enough to know my posts.

 

[Ffxdude]

I mean you don’t HAVE too. Only if you love them and don’t want them to develop to be evil mutants.



Who’s to say I don’t already? You’ve been on here long enough to know my posts.

To late for that...Also I think you have the tinfoil covering the wrong place to protect, needs to be on the bottom.

 

[antimatterparticle]

I wonder what it is during DC fast charging and also while driving.

sitting areas while charging or driving have normal readings. I'll try on the fast charger when I get a chance.

 

[bmwhitetx]

I wonder what it is during DC fast charging…

Since it’s related to amps I would expect much higher.
So you have to ask yourself, which is safer: sitting in your truck or going into that Walmart?

 

[MrRumple]

Thank you very much OP for posting this. Was searching the internet and I believe you are the first to have F150 Lightning EMF readings.

Do you know how the readings look while driving? I've tested Teslas, and troublesome areas are the floor (because of battery), where feet are in front seats, and back of rear seat (next to motor). Would be great to see some additional readings if you ever have the time for them. F150 Lightning is what I'd like for the next vehicle, but I am little uneasy with exposing my kids to higher levels than our ICE vehicle (Tesla MY was WAY higher during accelerations or regen braking).

Thank you!

 

[antimatterparticle]

Thank you very much OP for posting this. Was searching the internet and I believe you are the first to have F150 Lightning EMF readings.

Do you know how the readings look while driving? I've tested Teslas, and troublesome areas are the floor (because of battery), where feet are in front seats, and back of rear seat (next to motor). Would be great to see some additional readings if you ever have the time for them. F150 Lightning is what I'd like for the next vehicle, but I am little uneasy with exposing my kids to higher levels than our ICE vehicle (Tesla MY was WAY higher during accelerations or regen braking).

Thank you!

I do not think one can make a decision based on these readings. Even if the reading were accurate, there are no definitive studies about it.

While driving the readings are normal. Plus the seats are “very far” from the battery.

I’ll do the fast charging over the weekend.

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