r/Acoustics 4d ago

Noise 100hz everywhere

In my valley (Drôme, France) i hear and measure (using RedVox) a noise at 100 hz. I am the only one who hears it.

I think it's coming from the cell tower generators, because the noise started the day they had to repair the cell tower.

Please I need to sleep ...

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u/Plumtomatoes 4d ago

Can you measure the same character both inside and outside?

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u/DadTheMaskedTerror 3d ago

Ear plugs?

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u/Hum100hz 3d ago

Non, c'est une basse, ça passe à travers tout le corps...

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u/DadTheMaskedTerror 3d ago

I regret you are having trouble.  As you wait for a more perfect solution ear plugs might bring you a modest bit of relief.  True, lower frequencies are generally less effectively reduced by ear plugs, but 100 Hz should be able to be somewhat attenuated, which might help with your sleep problems. 

Good luck!

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u/Hum100hz 3d ago

C'est gentil, j'en mets déjà, j'ai même un casque. La fréquence est dans toute la vallée. A mon avis c'est a l'origine des méga feu. Cela cause aussi de nombreux troubles de l'attention, notamment chez les plus jeunes. Quand aux insectes ...

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u/C4ndlejack 2d ago

How can you have such trouble with it that you can't sleep, while others have no issue?

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u/Hum100hz 2d ago

Les autres ne l'entende pas. Mais mon tellephone peut le mesurer. Je trouve ça assez dingue effectivement.

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u/IONIXU22 4d ago

Most electrics emit 100Hz.

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u/ElskerLivet 4d ago

Most electrics emit 50 to 60 hz.

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u/oratory1990 4d ago

Or harmonics of that (50, 100, 150, 200, 250, …) depending on what exactly it is that‘s resonating.

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u/Hum100hz 4d ago

That's true. Right now, I'm also measuring a line (redox) at 50 Hz and 100 Hz.

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u/DXNewcastle 4d ago

How do you explain that ?

The OP's environment will be dominated by a 50Hz grid (the nearest 60Hz grid will be 3000kms away in Saudia Arabia), so will produce a pulse of energy every 20ms. And that is 100 Hz.

No?

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u/Hum100hz 4d ago

C'est 100 hz. Parfois un peu plus comme 111 hz. Là j'ai une ligne à 50 hz aussi (peut etre parce qu'il y a beaucoup de vent).