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Colonel Edmund J. Burke[_16_]

On 2/18/2017 2:35 PM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
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On 2/18/2017 12:40 PM, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 2/18/2017 8:14 AM, Tbu62 wrote:
replying to norminn, Tbu62 wrote:
I have the same thing in 2 different homes. A very subtle 60 Hertz hum
that
drives me crazy. It's noticeable everywhere inside both houses. I
strongly
suspect the structures are resonating the vibrations from the surrounding
electrical grid. (why not, flowing energy creates resonance in the wires
and
pipes)....

Curiously, if that is the correct word for it, I, too, hear a curious humming sound in my home. It starts around six o'clock nearly every evening. It resembles an electric motor...the hum of an electric motor, to be more exact. I walk around the house
and the noise seems to be coming for everywhere. It's as loud in the front of the house as it is in the back. Maybe I got wax in my ears.....but if that were the case, wouldn't I be hearing less of the noise?

Please help me figure this one out.

Shut all your breakers off. Does the hum go away?

Turn them back on, one at a time, checking for hum.

This exact same problem happened to me several years ago, and that's
exactly what I did... shut off all my breakers, but the sound was still
there, coming from the ceiling of one of my bathrooms. I was about
ready to start ripping the ceiling out, when I heard the neighbors
talking about the same thing out in front of my house. Turns out the
neighbor had a water leak, and the sound was coming from her meter.
Apparently the pipes carried the sound into her house and mine as well.

Strange, but true...

Yes, that is certainly plausible.