I’ve been too busy to write as of late, but may try to get a few short posts done in the next days though they won’t be in the order that I promised. To get started, one of the things I haven’t talked about yet is the new electric service that was added to the Albany house. Since I changed the links on the Home page to emphasize the importance of infrastructure as a vulnerable condition, posts like Smart meters, carrier current transmission and the mobbers’ radio (part 1) have been getting more attention. Because of that, I did add a brief note to that post in the last days with some updates and include the same note below.
It’s heartening to see that Smart meters, carrier current transmission and the mobbers’ radio (part 1) is being read. There is other information that I’ve not had time to write up, including the amelioration that was allowed when a new electric service was installed at the Albany house and the electrical contractor corrected the old and inadequate grounding. The house still does have knob-and-tube wiring, so I cannot be sure of how much more amelioration further electrical work might bring, but the new service combined with professionally installed grounding made it easier for me to continue to survive. [Note 02/19/23: I did mention in a past blog, overhearing a mobber say “I was using that!” when I unplugged a transformer control to the sprinkler system at the Albany house and believe that these low-voltage transformers are another vulnerability in a mobbing scenario. I now try to keep them out of the circuits I power on a day-to-day basis. The monkeywrenching of electrical systems is dangerous and further underlines the importance of preventing the practice of mobbing and prosecuting those who mob.]
I can’t stress enough the importance of working with a licensed electrical contractor instead of a general contractor who does not have the expertise or the focus and might be more interested in the renovation or acquisition of. your home than in the integrity of its electrical systems. Berkeley has a well-regarded specialist in upgrades to knob-and-tube residential wiring. I believe it’s well worth the cost.
I’m also pretty sure now, that houses with knob-and-tube are attractive to mobbers and that one of the reasons for this is that the lack of grounding that comes with knob-and-tube wiring makes it easy to monkeywrench the electrical service. Despite the changes to the electrical service, however, the criminals who mob adapt. Somewhere in there, the relationship between the ingress of EMFs or some charged debris and the older galvanized water lines or the water drainage system became apparent.
The involvement of water lines might also be another reason—aside from access to rogue access points or IoT triggers—for what appears to be a pattern of strategic parking on the part of the mobbers. I’ll write more about that when I’m able but this information may be useful for others in my situation or investigators who might find it confirmatory.
I haven’t returned to using the central heat in Albany despite the cold winter winds. But after years of living in a Seattle house without central heating, I’m accustomed to the chill.
