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Technology / What causes tingling from an electrical field?
« on: 25/05/2021 08:19:00 »
Listener Matt was wondering about electrical fields:
"When my wife is holding her iPhone and it's charging, if I touch her arm I can feel a vibrating/tingling sensation from the mains. As soon as she unplugs the phone or puts it down, the tingling stops.
Last week I was in a field near an electricity pylon with my son, and when I held his hand I felt the same thing!
Am I unusual in feeling this?
Was something dangerous when we were in the field?"
"When my wife is holding her iPhone and it's charging, if I touch her arm I can feel a vibrating/tingling sensation from the mains. As soon as she unplugs the phone or puts it down, the tingling stops.
Last week I was in a field near an electricity pylon with my son, and when I held his hand I felt the same thing!
Am I unusual in feeling this?
Was something dangerous when we were in the field?"