power in a flat I am renting

maninthestreet

damino wrote: »

yes there is that, but one technical point.. some types of component, depending on how they are made, can make a noise that one with sensitive ears can hear. So, it wouldn't be just any electricity. And while e.g. one television might have the problem, another might not. (an unbearable high pitched noise), one can google 'coil noise'. Though in this case i'm not hearing coil noise. This noise isn't high pitched but it's still a noise most probably wouldn't notice.

More of a problem for a dog than a human, I would have thought.

frisbeej

Fridges have pumps which make a humming noise, I can't sleep in the same room as a fridge... or an air conditioner or a ticking clock, or an electric tooth brush charging in a socket in my parent's house (no noise at all from this in my house).


More of a white noise and I'm absolutely fine, just regular or constant pitch noises.

damino

The make is elfin kitchens. I looked behind it and there is some space between it and the wall below the top of the unit. In that gap I could see it plugged in, though the top of the unit seemed stuck to the wall The unit couldn't seem to be moved. But I could open the cupboard(the left hand side of the unit has a cupboard, the right hand side has a fridge), and through the cupboard I could see the wall and plug in the wall. And I flicked the switch and turned it off. Noise gone.

Thanks

27col

missprice wrote: »

I don't know about OP but some people can hear electricity.
I could hear it as a child and it used to drive me insane.
Like white noise it was

The point that I was making was, that if the plates were turned off, there would not be any electricity to hear.
I'm not sure that the OP would be able to live in a flat with all the electricity turned off. I would have thought that the inconvenience of that, would outweigh a bit of noise, perceived or real.
It is unlikely that the unit shown in the photo does not have socket somewhere nearby. It just needs finding.

damino

27col wrote: »

The point that I was making was, that if the plates were turned off, there would not be any electricity to hear.
I'm not sure that the OP would be able to live in a flat with all the electricity turned off. I would have thought that the inconvenience of that, would outweigh a bit of noise, perceived or real.
It is unlikely that the unit shown in the photo does not have socket somewhere nearby. It just needs finding.

In my last post(I made a few hours ago) I mentioned that I managed to turn it off thanks to advice here.. And in an earlier post I explained that it's not all electricity or all electrical devices that make an audible noise. It depends on the type and choice of metal used in the components the device has - how it was manufactured - whether the vibrations of electrical coils are within the range of a sensitive human ear.