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Re: [RFI] Time for me to get serious on chasing down this RFI

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Time for me to get serious on chasing down this RFI
From: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:34:07 -0400
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By the way, I have one of those Apple chargers in the shack, with no RFI at 
all. I'd love a spare, so if the OP wants to give that one to me, I'll be happy 
to pay for postage.

        - 73 Mike N3LI -
On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Christopher Brown <cbrown@woods.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 8/18/13 11:29 AM, Charlie Gallo wrote:
>> Hey Gang, OK - time to get serious about chasing down my household
>> RFI - some I Know (Household-6's (aka XYL) washing machine) others I
>> know the breaker, but couldn't find what is even powered by that
>> breaker (and neighborhood noise is nothing to write home about -
>> living in NYC with 100+ houses in a 10 min walk...)
> 
> Those little outlet testers are great for that (little 3 light plugs).
> I had to do a "map" of my current place, by starting with all breakers
> off and testing each outlet and light as I turned em on.
> 
> Found all sorts of stuff like 4 of 6 outlets in one bedroom on one
> circuit, and remaining 2 on the circuit for the adjacent room.  That and
> the fact that instead of using GFCI outlets, they used a single GFCI
> breaker and ran it through the garage outlets and all three bathrooms.
> 
> Ended up with a 2 page (upstairs/downstairs) crude floorplan with little
> Xes and circles for outlets and lights with a breaker #.
> 
> 
> Very useful in tracking things down.
> 
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