coffee maker

Unless it's some magical coffee maker

by Jax - 2017-04-15 09:29:00

i make coffee each morning.  

Pm ok with most ordinary appliances.  

the lawyers are at it again

by Tracey_E - 2017-04-15 09:32:48

There is virtually nothing in the home we need to beware of. Even if something could potentially cause a problem, it needs to be within 6" of our device. Even then, the worst it can do it put it in test mode until we get away from it. So, try not to hug the coffeemaker while it's brewing and you'll be fine ;oP

coffee maker

by jillc - 2017-04-15 11:52:42

Thank you so much TraceyE - hugging a coffee maker is not something I do on a regular basis.

I <3 my coffee

by Tracey_E - 2017-04-15 16:51:01

That first cup of coffee smells heavenly but most of  us are able to refrain lol. Most advice like that is uninformed, influenced more by lawyers than doctors, or sometimes it's just old information. I laughed when I toured a water treatment plant a couple of years ago. I probably had no business in the generator rooms that had no signs, but they had a sign in their kitchen to beware the microwave. That advice is about 30 years old.

btw, since there was no sign and the friend I was touring with is a doctor, I went in the generator room. I felt a little funky while we were in there but was fine as soon as we moved on. 

You can get a list of things to be careful of on any of the manufacturers' websites. Newer devices are very well shielded, not much of anything outside of an industrial setting affects them, and in order to have an effect it has to be very close. The only thing in the house I can think of is electronic scales that measure bmi. We should be careful around generators and when jump starting a car. I ran our generator in the last hurricane and carry jumper cable (and know how to use them), I just don't take any longer than necessary and don't let my chest get too close to a running engine.  I was told no when I asked about laser hair removal, tho I didn't try very hard so that may well be ok. That's all I've run across in 20+ years of being paced.

No Problem, UNLESS

by BillH - 2017-04-16 21:16:46

Unless is it an industrial size coffee maker that makes 1000 gals in 10 minutes and requires it's own electrical substation. That one might be a problem, but probably not.

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by jillc - 2017-04-17 05:44:52

oh thanks - that made me laugh - I shall purchase and keep 6inches away from it.

no problem

by dwelch - 2017-04-19 11:43:53

It is just a bit of legal insurance, I have seen telephone cords, just the wire, (you know those things that were on the wall and you had to stand near them to make a call, no screen or nothing just buttons) had a pacemaker warning.  And I understand the ring voltage, etc.  but still..

Agree with what TraceyE said pretty much nothing...Except for the transformer on the power pole outside, and it is I think less than 6 inches, I think you have to climb up and hug it tightly to have a problem, but what it does is confuse the pacer so it turns off, you pass out, fall to the ground, and despite your physical injuries your pacer is no longer confused and starts pacing again.  You need a very high EMF to penetrate the body and confuse the pacer, so hugging transformers, walking among and close to power generators in a power plant, up near equipment in a substation.  Other than hugging transformers, I did the tour a power plat and had a college field trip to a sub station, before years later at work where we had a shake table and mangement got worried about what if a customer visits with a pacemaker, to which the lab manager said, a customer, we have an employee...and I learned what to do if near that stuff, basically move away or have someone drag you away.

Saying that reading around here on pacemakerclub there are some folks that do feel the effects when doing a tour of a power plant or such things.  I didnt maybe I was lucky.

If the coffee pot, microwave, television, phone, computer, refridgerator, stove, oven, etc were going to cause us problems we would all be in trouble, we wouldnt be asking each other about when can I play tennis again we would be applying for some ranch/camp for pacer and icd patients that cant be near electricity.  They would have to bring our food and supplies in horse drawn carriages.  But even there would we be allowed to congregate?  Maybe our pacers affect each other and we have to stay several feet away from each other.

I find those warnings an amusement, not a concern.