What is the purpose of anti-wave paint?
Anti-wave paints are used to reduce your exposure to low and high frequency waves in rooms where you spend long periods of time.
There are two types of anti-wave paint:
- low-frequency protective paint, to protect against low-frequency alternating electrical fields (50 Hertz / 230 V, from your home's electrical wiring).
- high-frequency protection paint, designed to prevent high-frequency radiation from entering your home (radiation from base stations, WiFi and/or neighbours' DECT cordless phones, etc.).
Low-frequency protective paint
Electric fields in your walls and ceilings can be generated by your electrical installation or by :
- an overhead distribution line running above your house and polluting it through the roof structure
- an electrical supply through the roof and an electrical switchboard in the cellar or on the ground floor (the permanent tension of the supply cable pollutes the walls and floors)
- your neighbour's electrical installation if you live in an attached or semi-detached house
Unlike automatic field switches, which remove electrical pollution when the lights are off, earthed paint removes pollution from your home 24 hours a day, with the lights on.
In timber-framed or wooden houses, where very strong electric fields are measurable (the wood conducts these fields), paint is often the best solution. It will be effective as long as it is earthed.
