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Does anyone know where I can find information about transformers, and electromagnetic disorders?
Remember the big to do years back about kids living under power lines and so fourth? Well; there was just a tranformer installed in front of our offices and some employees have ideas about it being harmful. I assured them that the tranformer is insulated and not the same thing at all as the uninsulated high voltage lines. Can anyone offer up some fact and lniks?

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Comment by James Alexander on June 24, 2009 at 1:14pm
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Comment by Safetyguy08 on June 24, 2009 at 12:04pm
James,

Here are a couple of places you might look:
http://www.aps.com/main/services/OutageCenter/OutageCenter_24.html
This site give you the safe distance on all sides of the transformer.

The general recommendations from the electric company are:
For pad-mounted transformers. When left alone, these metal enclosures are harmless. But children who play on or around them may accidentally break open the locks and doors, exposing themselves and others to danger. Also, never dig near transformer boxes. All transformers should have a warning label. If you ever find a transformer box that’s unlocked or open, call the electric company.

Here's another link for you to check out:
http://www.powerlinesafety.info/RightPanel-001.php

Ultimately, I'm not sure any of this is going to help, however. When you are dealing with "myths" or "urban legends" like this it's really hard to convince those who believe otherwise because they view the documentation as "the official version" and claim that the real truth isn't being told. Hard to refute that kind of thing. Good luck!

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