On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, John McEwen wrote:
> The problem is that the electrical converter in the trailer is located
> under the bed on my wife's side.  She knows that it is not healthy to sleep
> in close proximity to electrical fields.  She wants me to "do the right
As others have told you, there's no evidence that this would be harmful.  
The highest em fields I believe come from electric razors, yet there are 
a lot of electric razor users still alive and kicking.
  
However reason does not always persuade significant others.  TeriAnn
Wakeman has, among a batch of interesting stuff, a sheet of aluminum
4'x5'x1/8" for sale.  Suitably trimmed, it should fit under your wife. 
You can ground it to the frame, and set her mind at ease. 
I must say, though, I wonder why you have to run the thing at night.  
Couldn't you just turn off the power?  Or change sides of the bed?
   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910
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