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|    Brad Johnson to Jeff Layman    |
|    Re: Fan causing MW RFI    |
|    09 Oct 23 16:32:57    |
      From: johnsonsatake@gmail.com               Jeff Layman wrote:       > > I have a 6-months old Fantasia ceiling fan (mains powered, with 6-speed       > > reversible dc motor) which is causing a lot of interference on MW.       > FM              you can try and put a AC line filter as close to the device as you can , 3       wire AC feeding is better ....       DC motor may need bypass caps , which might be a problem for the 6-speed        driver....       The clamp on fairrite or a core should be on everything in a ham home, and       all overhead AC drop lines IMO.       the type 75 cores are only about $1 and go after all the noise below 1mhz (       that's is where most of it comes from )       you may be able to use the AC line filters on DC if amp rating is enough (       leave a little margin here... )       tips from a solar-powered ham radio operator.       pics on my QRZ site Ko6kL              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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