Would pylons put you off a house?

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Seen a lovely house but noticed a large electricity pylon about 200 metres behind it. I don't mind how they look, that doesn't bother me at all. But I'm a bit confused about possible health risks. Can't seem to find anything conclusive. There is no noise from it as we've stood right by it to check. Would it put you off?

I'm not an electrical engineer, either, 😉but that's what someone with a PHd in electrical engineering who specialised in power generation and distribution for over 30 years told me when I asked....
There is a different issue, I am told, re the breakdown and recombining of some compounds in the air - they may not recombine in certain atmospheric conditions with overhead lines (that's where you get the hum from). As yet there has been no proven harm from that either, but I gather it is still being investigated.
TBH I wouldn't worry about it myself. Not across a road and half a field away, certainly. It always amazes me when people who are happy to have wifi right inside their houses, and use mobile phones stuck to their ears hours a day, worry about power lines. (FYI I do have wifi, but don't use a mobile much). In Ye Olde Days of CRT tellies, there was actual radiation going on, but few people bothered about it.....

Actually there isn't any evidence either are a problem- you get bigger fields from your house wiring. But re the difference between underground and overhead, I thought the same as you, but as it was explained to me (and any engineers here please correct me if I'm explaining it wrong) it's because the high voltage underground supply has the three cables for the three different 'phases' closer together than they are on a pylon, so they cancel each other out better. You house will only (usually) be on one of the three phases, so therefore it can't cancel out, so that's why there are higher fields (though still not something to worry about of course).
It's because we have an AC supply, if you remember that from school. 3 different sine waves, going up and down from negative to positive, which added together give zero at any point.

Thanks - I think I understand now. I do remember being taught about electrical circuits and such at school, and I remember being utterly perplexed and not understanding a thing. I don't appear to have improved my grasp over the years but your explanation is clear enough for dummies like me! 😊