The resolution was passed by the 247 members attending the cooperative's annual meeting at Arcadia High School. About a dozen members opposed the resolution. The resolution is a response to concerns raised at the last two board meetings by some farmer members who say they have stray voltage problems on their farms that continue to be unresolved. The cooperative, which says it wants to continue work ing with the farmers, formed an eight-member special committee in February to deal with the farmers' concerns. The amendment was approved.
Harmonics occur when electrical cur rent becomes distorted into higher frequencies.
Normal electricity operates at 60 hertz. Harmonics and current fluctuations and their effects on milk production are the focus of a study recently released by Blair, Wis., electrical consultant Dave Stetzer and others that shows milk production decreases when electrical activity increases. The study is part of a legal action the Michigan attorney general's office is taking against a Michigan power company over excess ground current. Bob Scharlau, an Arcadia dairy farmer, urged a vote against the resolution. It's just a man date to do nothing.