Removing carpet and rear seats

Looks like I'm going to need to pull all the seats out and the most of the carpet to get in and install shielding.

The front seats look easy, but I don't immediately see how to remove the rear seat assembly.
Also, has anyone had any experience getting under the carpet, especially on the driver's side?


In advance I'm saying: trolls will be totally ignored.

Thanks for any legitimate advice!

 

Thanks for all your responses.

As to "what", I am going to install nickel plating to shield from EMF.
When I bought my Prius, I read that the EMF was "comparable to other cars", and I believed it. I was lied to.

I tested it myself and I was shocked to find it at 100 mG in parts of the passenger compartment.

It has been demonstrated that 3 mG stimulates growth in cancer tissue.

For perspective, I drove to a high tension power line running through the state.
I stood directly below the tower and measured the field - 50 mG. That's the kind of tower you can almost feel the power flowing through. The kind you don't want to live anywhere near. And there is DOUBLE that level of EMF in the back seat of my Prius, where my kids sat.

So, I'm going to try and lower the levels. If I can't get it down, I'll be selling the car.

P.S. In Sweden, the max allowable EMF level is 1 mG...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Oct 1 2007, 04:39 PM) [snapback]519960[/snapback]</div>

You took that apart in 30 minutes!!! is that correct?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(richard schumacher @ Oct 1 2007, 11:52 PM) [snapback]520138[/snapback]</div>

LOOK. I already said this once. NO TROLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NO I DON'T PLAN TO SHEILD THE EARTH, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO.


i CAN STAND IN MY DRIVEWAY AND MEASURE ZERO.. READ THAT AGAIN. I SAID Z-E-R-O mG FROM THE EARTH.


I GET IN MY PRIUS, STILL READING ZERO. TURN IT ON, AND BOOM, THE GAUSSIMETTER JUMPS TO 100 MG AND STAYS THERE THE WHOLE TIME THE PRIUS INVERTER IS ON. TURN THE PRIUS OFF, AND THE FIELD DROPS TO ZERO AGAIN.

TELL ME WHY THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE EARTH? ON SECOND THOUGHT, DON'T TELL ME. I DON'T CARE. I MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR MY HEALTH.

BYE.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danny Hamilton @ Oct 2 2007, 12:05 PM) [snapback]520340[/snapback]</div>

Actually, I consider your comment to be "baiting".

I would be happy to answer your question about how I came to my conclusions.
You didn't ask. You all simply attack like horse-flies. And I've seen it happen many times on this forum. That's why I thought long and hard before I posted here.

As for the readings, I measured them myself using a tri-meter.

As for the shielding, the information comes from my friends at NASA who know how to shield satellites.

As for the medical evidence, it comes from several sources, including the EPA, the Swedish government, the NIH, and other single professionals such as Dr. Mercola. (see his website)

As for the decision on what to do with the information, it is a judgment call on that I and my wife will make based on what we perceive the threat to be, how much we believe the evidence, and what the remedy would cost us, and how effective we believe the remedy would likely be.

If you are actually interested in a reasonable discussion on this, I would be happy to participate.

I expected flames right from the start, and I got that.

And I also got the information I came for, which was VERY helpful. How to get the carpet out.
Once again, I thank everyone for that.

I should have not responded when someone asked "why". That was MY mistake.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danny Hamilton @ Oct 2 2007, 12:05 PM) [snapback]520340[/snapback]</div>

It is NOT frequency weighted. FYI. And I made the tri-axis computations myself.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(zenMachine @ Oct 2 2007, 01:34 PM) [snapback]520394[/snapback]</div>

We didn't start out planning to test the Prius. We were doing a survey of some equipment in my house when it occurred to me: I should see what that car puts out. I had read that it was "comparable to other cars", so I never really worried about it.

So I powered up the car and the Gaussimeter jumped. The levels vary widely in the passenger compartment.
For the driver, the vital organ area is not bad, around 3 mG. As you go up in height, the level goes down. Toward the head it is low. This makes sense because the high voltage cables are below the driver.

As we started to move down, the levels went up dramatically. At the seat, I measured an average of 8 mG.
At the knees, 15 mG. Near the feet, upwards of 50 mG.

Then we moved to the back seat. The whole back seat area was hot. Greater than 50 mG.
But it spiked on the driver's side to around 100 mG. This is where my son sits. Right on top of the cables that go through the deck under the car.

Next we tested from a fixed test point (the driver's seat), and monitored changes during acceleration, deceleration, idle, power off. What we found was that the levels are pretty constant as long as the inverter is in operation. When the car is at rest, the level drops to near zero.

Heavy acceleration did not cause the level to rise significantly above the level at normal driving.
Deceleration sometimes caused the level to fall to zero, if the ICE shutdown.

At idle, the level was usually at zero. I mean, background level, around 0.02 mG.


Now for some perspective on what those numbers represent.

We drove to a major interstate high tension transmission line and parked and walked under the tower with the Gaussimeter. I'm talking the BIG towers. The kind that they don't build houses near, they are clear all around. I measured 50 mG on the ground under a tower.

Consider the EMF in the back seat of the Prius is twice that you get standing under the high tension power line.

I already know from other matters that Sweden has set the limit for the public to 2 mG.
The USA would have done the same, but the auto manufacturers prevented it.
I don't have the data in front of me, but I think Russia's limit was 0.2 mG?

Next, there are studies linking EMF to childhood leukemia, adult cancers, and lots of other unpleasant side effects. It has been shown the a 3 mG field will promote the growth of cancer tissue. (I don't think they found CAUSE cancer, just promote its growth).


Next I asked some friends what they do with spacecraft and satellites.
Well, I can't afford gold foil for the Prius, but a most effective magnetic shielding is nickel plating. That I can afford.

I am going to shield just one section, do a repeat test to see how effective it was, then decide on what to do next. I first plan to pull the driver's seat, and install plating under the carpet.

If you like, I would be happy to report back the "before and after" results. It will probably be a few weeks.

Does this help?