constant hum

[Steviedulwich]

Is anyone else aware of a constant low pithed humming noise- is 24/7 in the Lordship Lane/Court Lane area ?

Ive been hearing it for months and after excluding all household causes by switching off the power, I have been through a similar process with both my neighbours. Now, because its otherwise so quiet I realise I can hear it in the garden too....I did think it may be me or my hearing but my neighbour is being similarly troubled. any thoughts please ?

[Fitzgeraldo]

It is undoubtedly the ?Thought Police?. They have been active throughout the local area for some time now. They have been instrumental in transmitting Covid 19 via 5G masts and recently forced us to vote for Brexit and Boris Johnson. I say ?Resist. Continue to support your local publicans?.

[George Orwell]

Seriously - there are numerous worldwide reports of low pitched hums. Sometimes it?s far away machinery, sometimes traffic and sometimes - nobody knows. Unfortunately I can?t help here but only sympathise.

[Steviedulwich]

thank you- in seeing quite a lot of that on Google- im suspecting it may be a generator or pump of some type some distance away

Seriously - there are numerous worldwide reports of low pitched hums. Sometimes it?s far away machinery, sometimes traffic and sometimes - nobody knows. Unfortunately I can?t help here but only sympathise.

[malumbu]

Bees collectively make a surprisingly loud hum, particularly with less traffic noise (cancelled out by petrol strimmers, power tools and the like)

Some insects and other animals can make noises in a synchronized manor amplifying it greatly. Perhaps said petrol strimmers and mowers have developed some intelligence and are responsible.

[siousxiesue]

I hear a hum mainly at night, always think I've left my boiler on, it's that significant.

I'm near Lordship Lane end of Melbourne Grove.

[creditwheredue]

Can?t be as annoying as that light plane buzzing around earlier this afternoon for a couple of hours.

[James Barber]

Unlikely that annoying light aircraft is a hobbyist as would be non essential travel to the airfield and flying. So most likely one of the Met Police spy planes - I kid you not - https://www.itv.com/news/london/2014-07-23/mysterious-spyplane-circling-the-skies-could-be-eavesdropping-on-mobile-phone-calls/

[intexasatthe moment]

Thanks for that link James .

A circling twin engined airplane was really disturbing my peace the other day .Not least because I couldn't imagine what it was up to .

As for hearing a hum - no chance it's tinnitus is there ?

[Renata Hamvas]

Is there an electricity substation nearby? Sometimes when a part of them (? the transformer)is getting to the end of its life, they start to emit a low pitch hum. It may be worth contacting your electricity supplier and asking.

Renata

[dimjim79]

There is another thread on here somewhere

It used to wake me up most nights in the summer at 3am then I changed to double glazing.

The below is a summary, you're not going mad!

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/13/what-is-the-mysterious-gl-hum-and-is-it-simply-noise-pollution

[macutd]

what tune?

[intexasatthe moment]

Actually James ,my brother who knows everything ( and knows he does ) tells me that the twin engined planes are just conducting aerial mapping surveys .And I'm only noticing them now because of the drop in other air traffic .

Because included in his all knowingness is a knowledge of what I am normally alert to .

[Steviedulwich]

thanks Renata thats useful- I will check where the nearest sub station is

[Steviedulwich]

Renata Hamvas Wrote:

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> Is there an electricity substation nearby?

> Sometimes when a part of them (? the

> transformer)is getting to the end of its life,

> they start to emit a low pitch hum. It may be

> worth contacting your electricity supplier and

> asking.

> Renata

thanks Renata thats useful I will check where the nearest substations are

[Steviedulwich]

dimjim79 Wrote:

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> There is another thread on here somewhere

>

> It used to wake me up most nights in the summer at

> 3am then I changed to double glazing.

>

> The below is a summary, you're not going mad!

many thanks - It would seem im not alone !

>

> https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/13/wha

> t-is-the-mysterious-gl-hum-and-is-it-simply-noise-

> pollution

[VicCraven]

Hi. Yes, we can hear a low hum. We are at the Actress Pub end of Ulverscroft Road. There is an electric sub-station at the Lordship Lane end of North Cross Road. The hum has increased in intensity over the last five or six weeks. I have heard it in the past, but it was more audible late at night when everything else was quiet. We can now hear it all the time.

[macutd]

could it be a helicopter at Kings College Hospital. They sit with the blades turning for quite a while.

[lbsmith73]

There was a generator just off Barry Road, near Barry?s Store when Thames Water were diffing up the road. Don?t know if it is still there but that was producing a very low hum 24/7.

[OLori]

Hello,

Could be a possibility that it's cannabis cultivation related noise! Unfortunately I've just moved out of a flat, where the neighbours were growing cannabis and using an extractor fan, which gives off a low bass hum, to help mask the smell. The noise was driving us crazy and it took us many months to figure it out and piece all the bits of evidence together. Initially we thought it was an unbalanced washing machine, and then a broken down boiler, but eventually the signs that it was much worse than those became evident.

Keep making a note of when you are sharing the noise and get onto the councils noise and nuisance enforcement team, who can come and check out the noise for you, especially if it's destroying your daily standard of living experience.

[heartblock]

There is a constant high pitch noise coming from St.Bartholmews close or whatever that gated community is called - day 20 now. Like an almost ultrasonic teenager deterrent... driving me slightly mad 😠

[Steviedulwich]

OLori Wrote:

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> Hello,

>

> Could be a possibility that it's cannabis

> cultivation related noise! Unfortunately I've just

> moved out of a flat, where the neighbours were

> growing cannabis and using an extractor fan, which

> gives off a low bass hum, to help mask the smell.

> The noise was driving us crazy and it took us many

> months to figure it out and piece all the bits of

> evidence together. Initially we thought it was an

> unbalanced washing machine, and then a broken down

> boiler, but eventually the signs that it was much

> worse than those became evident.

>

> Keep making a note of when you are sharing the

> noise and get onto the councils noise and nuisance

> enforcement team, who can come and check out the

> noise for you, especially if it's destroying your

> daily standard of living experience.

many thanks thats useful thank you - its that kind of sound- I have contacted Southwark and Im awaiting a further response.

[Steviedulwich]

VicCraven Wrote:

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> Hi. Yes, we can hear a low hum. We are at the

> Actress Pub end of Ulverscroft Road. There is an

> electric sub-station at the Lordship Lane end of

> North Cross Road. The hum has increased in

> intensity over the last five or six weeks. I have

> heard it in the past, but it was more audible late

> at night when everything else was quiet. We can

> now hear it all the time.

thank-you Im going the check that one out and when I get Southwark round thats a really useful lead

[Steviedulwich]

lbsmith73 Wrote:

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> There was a generator just off Barry Road, near

> Barry?s Store when Thames Water were diffing up

> the road. Don?t know if it is still there but that

> was producing a very low hum 24/7.

very useful - thank you I will check that one out and point Southwark in that direction

[wordsworth]

it's my wife's vibrator.