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Re: [RFI] Update: LG washer WT1501CW - EMI

To: mcoslo@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [RFI] Update: LG washer WT1501CW - EMI
From: David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:52:46 +0000
List-post: <mailto:rfi@contesting.com>
I looked up the installation manual for this LG model.  All it cointains is
a common mode choke.  Nothing else.  At least that's present.

Dave - WØLEV

On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 5:51 PM Michael Coslo <mcoslo@comcast.net> wrote:

> Exactly, there are almost always a solution, and keeping friendly comms
> with the offending party is kinda important. LG has a vested interest in
> fixing the issue,  especially depending on just whose feet they might be
> trodding upon.
>
> - Michael Coslo -
> Frequency Coordinator, Beaver Stadium
> 814-404-3991
> mjc5@psu.edu
> mjcn3li@gmail.com
>
> > On Nov 18, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Hare, Ed W1RFI <w1rfi@arrl.org> wrote:
> >
> > The FCC has not generally tried to interpret things as appliances that
> are not. The devices are still subject to the requirement that the operator
> of the device not cause harmful interference.
> >
> > Ed, W1RFI
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RFI <rfi-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of David Eckhardt
> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 11:19 AM
> > To: pchristensen@ieee.org
> > Cc: Rfi List <rfi@contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [RFI] Update: LG washer WT1501CW - EMI
> >
> > Totally agree, Paul.  The appliance lobby must be at least as strong as
> the energy (petroindustries) lobbies.
> >
> > Our Maytag washer/dryer interfers with my radio astronomy efforts on
> 20.1 MHz, but at least those are very low duty cycle.
> >
> > Yes, 15.103(d) has been beaten to death in this group.  I discovered
> this group roughly a year or so ago.  However, with all the newbies, I
> think it warrants bringing it up on occasion.  It always irritates me to
> look it up
> > and read it, again, for the umpteenth time!   Where is the radio
> astronomy
> > lobby - there isn't one.  Where is the FCC of old where a "Pink Slip"
> from the FCC breathed fear into any licensed amateur radio operator of the
> time?
> >  I've never gotten one in my (almost) 60 years as a licensed ham, but I
> did receive one OO notice as a Novice.
> >
> > Dave - WØLEV
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:14 PM Paul Christensen <pchristensen@ieee.org
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> §15.103(d) has been discussed here several times during the last decade.
> >>
> >> There are two troubling aspects of the current rule that we must accept:
> >> (1) digital devices that would otherwise require compliance are
> >> safeguarded in the wrapping of an appliance enclosure; (2) the
> >> definition of an appliance under this subsection is infinitely broad,
> thanks to the "etc."
> >> term.
> >>
> >> It would be an incredibly difficult and futile exercise to try and
> >> rein-in
> >> 15.103(d) in the face of consumer electronics lobbying.
> >>
> >> Paul, W9AC
> >>
> >> §15.103(d):   "A digital device utilized exclusively in an appliance,
> >> e.g., microwave oven, dishwasher, clothes dryer, air conditioner
> >> (central or window), etc."
> >>
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*Just Think*
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