Would you ask your doctor about red hot kettle cabling, or would you ask an electrician?
It would depend on whether I was the only person who thought the cable was hot. During normal operation kettle leads and plugs can warm up... this is perfectly normal. They can also get really hot (usually the fitted plug end that plugs in to the wall) due to poor connections either between the pin and the contacts in the socket or the contacts of the integrated fuseholder. This is usually a death spiral as when they get hot they are more likely to oxidise, which means the contact will get worse meaning it will get hotter under load, more oxidisation, gets hotter etc. etc. until it fails or becomes unsafe due to melted plastic.
If I was the only person who felt the cable was red hot whilst everyone else didn't feel it I would be questioning my own view of the world and considering options where a doctor is perhaps more qualified to assist than a spark.
There is also a certain amount of psychology at work with such suggestions. I have recently had cause to feel the meter tails and service head at a clients property whilst investigating severe voltage fluctuations. He and I were both convinced that one of the tails was hotter than the other but the evidence collected by our DNO over the last few weeks suggest there is actually a fault in the cable/cable join in the road. Yet, we were both convinced, due to a perceived difference in temperature, that there was a loose connection in the service head. I've also felt an appliance cord at home at a place that looked to be slightly discoloured and it did feel like it was warmer than elsewhere... a quick wipe with the cloth however and the discolouration disappeared and, despite the appliance being in regular use, it has not returned... so did it actually feel warmer than elsewhere or was my concern about a possible cable fault tainting my sub-conscious and making me believe it felt warmer there?
I'm sure you must know, if you're an electrician, that there's a British Standard (7161, if I recall correctly) that prohibits the installation of electrical wiring alongside plumbing pipes because the former can cause the latter to electromagnetise, so forming electromagnetic fields. This is particularly so if the pipes are insufficiently grounded. Well, my previous abode had just that - lousy plumbing and dodgy wiring and the result was a nasty field formation.
The actual magnetic field generated by typical twin and earth cables as used in most domestic installations is relatively small because the cable consists of two primary conductors (the line and the neutral). In operation because the current is typically equal in both conductors, but in opposite directions, the magnetic fields generated by one conductor will be largely cancelled out by the magnetic field of the other.
We tend not to run cables in close proximity to heating pipes because of the radiant heating effect of hot water running through the pipes... this will heat the cables and result in them having a reduced current carrying capacity. Extended periods of heat may also degrade the insulation resulting in premature ageing (crispy cable syndrome). Having had a quick read of what I believe is the relevant section (528.3), there is no mention about electromagnetic effects from the cables affecting the pipework, it's more a case of making sure the cables are not subjected to (to use their term) 'deleterious' effects caused by the pipework (such as heat, condensation etc.).
Quite frankly, I had hoped that there might at least be some intellectual curiosity and some relish at problem-solving as to the cause of these problems and solutions to them. But alas, not a bit of it.
Nope, I have no interest in wasting my time trying to find explanations for things I have never experienced and am unlikely to ever experience because I don't believe they are an issue.
Just look at the world today, compared to the world when houses were built in the 1970s - 50 years ago. Today, we are surrounded by wifi in multiple devices and from our neighbors. Everything is electric/electronic. Motion detectors are everywhere (and they emit pulsed radiation in the form of microwave, infrared, etc.) The sheer number of electrosmog-emitting devices and industries should at least cause some concern.
Most domestic movement detectors emit nothing. They work by monitoring patterns of infrared light reflected from the environment by the various items within their view. Yes there are some microwave based movement detectors but in my experience they are rare in domestic situations.
Here's another titbit light can electromagnetise. EMFs which criss-cross with different polar orientations can cause vibration. Electronic items these days oftentimes don't even have an earth pin. Overhead electrical cables have proliferated. Electric energy escapes from cabling and from terminals, (because terminals have non-insulated wires). Stud wall detectors can detect live wires. How could they do that if no current escaped.
Electricity does not 'escape' from uninsulated terminals. It can, but this would imply much larger voltages capable of ionising the air around them to form a path to earth. This requires many thousands of volts, certainly not something that would be happening in the back of your light switch or socket outlet. You can often see and hear this occurring on overhead lines where the voltages (upwards of 11,000 volts) are such that the air between the conductor and the metalwork of the support structure (which is typically earthed) can ionise causing tiny blue arcs and the associated fizzling and crackling.
Stud detectors do indeed detect live wires... using the tiny magnetic fields they generate (see above as to why these fields are typically small). The small fields are the reason they can't detect live cables over great distance.
Yes, I might well be electromagnetically hypersensitive, but if I am, then I am the canary in the coalmine, because radiation is cumulative.
Ionising radiation is cumulative... electromagnetic radiation is typically not ionising, yes you can generate x-rays and gamma rays using electricity, but this is unlikely to be happening in your home.
How can an electrician not be concerned?
Because we understand that there is little in the way of conclusive, peer reviewed, evidence to support what you believe to be the case. I know this to be the case because I've specifically gone looking and all I could find was as James suggested... articles written by people you've never heard of, often linked to sites selling products of dubious efficacy that claim to help you find and block these fields... they are there for one purpose and one purpose only... to suck people in and part them from their money.
An electrician I hired some months ago wore electrostatic protection during the day andused a grounding sheet at night for that very reason. He advised me to do the same.
If you hired him to investigate what you believe is happening, did he specialise in such activities? Did you find him online because of this speciality? If so, I would suggest he is not an electrician but a charlatan who's aim is to amplify your fears with silly claims on the basis that you may end up purchasing products and services from websites he may recommend to you.
So, when was the first time you encountered this sort of thing in your home? What was going on at the time? Had you read about it before you experienced it? I presume you were in the same property for a while before you started believing these things... so what changed? Why had you not experienced them before that? Why had you never experienced any of this prior to that? Has anyone else in the house experienced any of it? Physical things such as heat and vibration will be present for everyone, so I would expect more than just you to feel them. If no one else has, then perhaps the suggestion about consulting a doctor isn't such a bad idea.
Instead, can someone tell me how it is possible to cause this to happen?
