01-31-2022, 05:47 PM
(01-31-2022, 04:52 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Humming noises will get my attention and I can quickly identify the classic 60 cycle hum of transformers. If I'm in a room I will go around until I find the source. I've never heard any humming I couldn't explain. Outdoor noises from a distance are always hard to identify, but I've never heard anything like humming outside (except the spring bee swarms).
I do know that the swamp transmits sound from a distance very well and I believe my slab foundation acts as a sounding board and amplifies the sounds. A truck miles away can occasionally sound like it's in my driveway.
A few days ago, I was sitting here when I became aware off a hum seeming to come out of the ceiling above the door to my balcony, to my right as I sit here. It bugged the hell out of me, as it sounded like an electric motor running on my balcony, and I knew damned good and well that there was not one out there. As it turned out, it was the fan motor on an electric heater I had sitting in the floor on the other side of the room. The geometry of the room just bounced the sound around until it sounded like it was coming from where it was not.
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