Can electricity pylons cause glitches in a cars electronics

[johnnyb47]

Hi
A strange title from a strange person granted,but I'm really suspecting the power lines that run overhead where I park my car at work are having some undesirable effects on it
Every now and then I would park my car underneath some rather heavy duty looking power lines that are not particularly high up and I've noticed my cars electrics become somewhat glitchy when I set off home at the end of the day.
Just the other week when I set off home the radio came on but the info screen was showing no station info and the radio controls became unresponsive, and the radio would not turn off when I switched the car off.After a few cycles with the ignition key it all came back to life again and has behaved itself when I was now away from the pylons
I've had a few other weird and wonderful glitches regarding other parts of the cars electrics ,and then I noticed these annoying glitches would suddenly stop when I stopped parking underneath the power lines.
This week I had no choice but to park underneath them again and low and behold I had some strange electrical anomalies again.
It's been to much of a coincidence in my eyes.
I started asking around at work if others had experienced anything like me and most of them thought I was going "potty" but two works mates did agree that they seem to have strange electrical gremlins when they park there cars their too.
Very bizarre indeed 🤣

 

[biggs682]

Very strange

 

[classic33]

It would seem yes, they can.
https://dte.com.pl/en/electromagnet...Z1CWK4R06iLhfjoZGwthWRnehx-Af6_C2sirseu5cU6fG

There's an area up on the moors nearby, that used to have an annual light display, built from fluorescent light tubes, under the cables strung between pylons. One end of the tubes stuck into the peat, lit only by the electric in the air.

Nikolai would have been able to explain it.

 

[oxoman]

You beat me to it Classic. Technically it shouldn't effect them but it does. Just proves that the screening against emf is insufficient. I blame car manufacturers cutting things down to the bone.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

On a similar electronic note
When the P38 Range Rover (the 2nd shape, 1994 - 2001) was in production, it was renown for issues with key fobs/alarms/immobilisers
This was exacerbated if parked near mobile phone masts/even some illuminated signs

Upgrades/recalls dealt with most of it

 

[presta]

They can and do interfere with radios, depending on what standards they're built to, and Google AI is finding reports of occasional interference with things like reversing sensors, but it's not very likely that they'll interfere with the wiring. My HRM used to get blocked by power lines, railways and radio masts, but I've not noticed any problem with any of the car radios I've had. Likewise with any PMR, which is built to higher standards than consumer receivers.

There's an area up on the moors nearby, that used to have an annual light display, built from fluorescent light tubes, under the cables strung between pylons. One end of the tubes stuck into the peat, lit only by the electric in the air.

The field strength is typically 500-5000V/m, which is more than enough to strike a fluorescent tube.

 

[fossyant]

I had something where my car refused to start at a petrol station. Pushed the car away from the pump and it started no issues. Just thinking I was somewhere with high electomagnetic field.

 

[albion]

Are you parked in the shade? Damp glitch.