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WonderWmn93
TRUST NO ONE!!!

Marysville,WA USA 131 posts, Apr 2001
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posted 03-08-2003 07:42 PM
Didn't know where to post this, but thought that I would give it a shot here, in case someone can tell me what it could be. For 2 days, I have had constant humming coming from inside my home. It doesn't matter where I go, up stairs or down stairs, it is constant. It only stopped Friday Morning at around 4:00am, and then it came back around 3:00 in the afternoon. No one else in the house can hear it, not that it matters because some of them have hearing problems. I have really good hearing, and it is really starting to wear on my patience. It is a low pitched humming (constant) and it doesn't stop, except if I go outside or get in the car. It sounds like a running car sort of. So, it is cleary coming from inside my house. Does anyone know what it could be? Someone I know suggested it could be a light switch? I haven't a clue, and either does anyone else here, but it is hurting my ears, and I just want it to stop~ Any ideas? Thanks, Melanie

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FLKook
Chemspiracy Realist

East Central Florida 1388 posts, Apr 2001
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posted 03-08-2003 08:28 PM
I had a light switch that was like that once Melanie but you couldn't hear it through out the house, just in one room. If you know anyone who is a handyman or electrician have him hook up a voltage meter to see if that is what is wrong.Not much help I know. 
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theseeker
One moon circles

Damnit...I'm a doctor jim 3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 03-08-2003 08:40 PM
first question would be do you have fluorescent lights in your home ?the noise would make sense if ya did...a bulb on it's way out can do that 60hz humming and so can the ballast in the fixture going out... HVAC stuff can make low level noise...the bearings in the blower of your heating and air unit (inside) can produce physical vibration in home that are of a sub-floor type... there's these little do-hickeys that have 3 LED's on them you plug in to your sockets and check your E-system...cost about 2 or 3 bones...an electrician will hurt your wallet pretty good so I'd use the do-hickey and check your fuse box for abnormally warm fuses...before calling in the pro's... good luck !

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pookie
New Member

2 posts, Mar 2003
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posted 03-08-2003 10:25 PM
Hey, that happened to me. it was moisture leaking into the area of the fuse (electrical junction) box. Made a 60 hz hum that was making me nuts. Since it was so low frequency is was very non-directional -- meaning it sounded like it was coming from everywhere. Your hearing has to be decent to catch it, and very good to get to the point where you want to pull out your hair.WHen the weather dries up the humming stops. That's your answer. good luck. 
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pookie
New Member

2 posts, Mar 2003
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posted 03-08-2003 10:27 PM
BTW left handed females have the best hearing.

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zoobie555
Wackadoo

Conroe, Texas, USA 140 posts, Jan 2003
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posted 03-08-2003 11:32 PM
Before the ArtBell show went off the air I'd heard people on there complaining about a humming sound heard in the desert states, New Mexico mostly if I remember right, a lot of people were hearing it. Lately I've read reports of people in European countries and elsewhere in the world complaining about a constant hum. You may find out more about it if you do an internet search. If your lucky the hum your hearing is localized to your home, the wiring or something, and not a city-wide or large area hum. I've heard a lot of theories ranging from H.A.A.R.P. to underground drilling by the government for secret military bases etc. I haven't heard any such hum. These are just things I've heard on the radio or read online. 
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shatoga
Agent Provocateur
588 posts, Nov 2002
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posted 03-09-2003 04:36 AM
It could even be caused by machinery or electronics outside your house: >vibrations can travel a half-mile or more through the ground,< (link below)Sourcing the Taos hum: http://www.earthpulse.com/science/taoshum.html >certain key facts surrounding the hum. It was persistent. It was heard by only a small number of people. The sound was extremely low on the frequency scale between 30 and 80Hz. There was variation in how different hearers perceived the sound. Some heard a sound like the low rumbling of a truck while others heard a more steady, pulsing, yet still low sound. Interestingly, the investigators learned that the sound was not limited to the area around Taos, but was, in fact, heard at places all over the country and around the globe.< More at link- The Taos Hum was also discussed on Coast To Coast AM with George Noory, Art Bell's replacement. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/ Also discussed was a Missouri hum. BTW it didn't go off the air, it got better (with Art's personal political bias out of the show) more open discussion is now allowed. Art refused to allow his guests to criticize his party. George argues with them, but lets them speak the truth at greater length before trying to cut them off: eg; Art would never have allowed Joyce Riley to discuss US setting those Kuwaiti oil well fires on Feb 21 st, but George did. Wednesday February 26th, 2003 Tracking Chemtrails "The physical characteristics of chemtrails have a different composition than the usual condensation of contrails," said William Thomas (website) a Canadian journalist who appeared on Wednesday's show. An expert and author on the phenomenon...(past show can still be heard online) Kokomo Hum: http://www.kokomotribune.com/digest.asp?cat=SoundHealth http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/kokomohum020213.html >people in dozens — perhaps hundreds — of communities around the world have claimed they have been sickened by low-frequency noises. There is the "Larg Hum," in Scotland, the "Bristol Hum," in England, and others in Japan, Scandinavia and elsewhere. Some have been supported by scientific data; others have not.< >vibrations can travel a half-mile or more through the ground, < http://www.electrician.com/wwwboard2_secure/messages/3232.html >Since the hum starts and stops, I was looking for an intermittant load. After much searching I found it. It was not what I would expect. The intermittant problem was caused by a gas fired water heater. When it started up the hum would sound, when it shut down the hum stopped. The gas water heater has NO electrical connection. I thought that possibly we were getting a ground loop or something similar, and when the water heater turned on the gas pipe to water grounding bond was changed. I have tried connecting the cold water pipe to the gas pipe and nothing changed. Any suggestions? < (replies at link above)

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