Is the radiation of an electric bike hazardous?

[endrew]

This has started concerning me recently, anyone here checked it out? (I ride a 84V/35A ebike)

 

[fechter]

No.

Any radiated energy is at a very low frequency and is not absorbed much by your body. And not much energy is radiated. I would worry much more about a cell phone.

 

[Tommm]

Phases don't change faster than 15kHz(5000 RPM*3 phases) on most bikes. Mobile phones 800MHz to 5.4GHz, microwave oven 2.45GHz. Very different.

 

[neptronix]

Well, if you think about it, the thing that generates the most EMF, your controller, and the motor, are both sealed in aluminum or steel faraday cages.

Your phone is not. It doesn't work if sealed.

Some measurements for assurance would be nice, but that'd involve buying equipment and all that.
Best bet: don't have your motor or controller next to your nuts, and you should be cool..

 

[Dauntless]

It doesn't have to be, but some people are just compulsively dangerous. I mean, what would you LEAST like to have close to the radiation?

 

[MadRhino]

That is probably the least of the concerns one should have when riding an ebike.

1st. Care about collision with cars.
2nd. Care about breathing the exhaust of the cars around.

That is why I like leaving them far behind ASAP.

 

[amberwolf]

https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43593&hilit=radiation

 

[Chalo]

This has started concerning me recently, anyone here checked it out? (I ride a 84V/35A ebike)

Unless you live in a remote lonely forest where there isn't any electricity, you regularly subject yourself to more intense electromagnetic fields that don't worry you. As MadRhino points out, be aware of the proven-toxic fumes other road users are blowing on you. But EMFs anywhere near the range of normal exposure have never been proven harmful.

The World Health Organization says:

In the area of biological effects and medical applications of non-ionizing radiation approximately 25,000 articles have been published over the past 30 years. Despite the feeling of some people that more research needs to be done, scientific knowledge in this area is now more extensive than for most chemicals. Based on a recent in-depth review of the scientific literature, the WHO concluded that current evidence does not confirm the existence of any health consequences from exposure to low level electromagnetic fields.