Hi,
Be careful... This sounds like something I might read in the Darwin
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On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 00:33 -0500, Aaron Kreider wrote:
> Have you ever heard of a shielding product that would clamp on to
> existing utility service lines? I'm interested in shielding the service
> lines from PECO that run in a T shape on my small city lot. Ideally
> there would be EMT that could clamp on to them, like how the hot water
> copper pipe insulation works.
>
> I guess I could cut emt into half and then fit them back together. It'd
> need to be fairly light.
>
> Another crazy option is to use a metal conducting paint and paint the
> power lines. There are paints designed for RFI shielding. I could
> spray them, but it'd be hard to get full coverage.
>
> This might be a crazy idea, but it is more likely to work than me
> putting up $200 of ferrites on the power lines - as I don't have any
> slack in them and would have to use the monster choke clamps. The
> ferrites might help a bit, but possibly only 1-2 db - whereas with a
> better shield I should get a 10+ db reduction.
>
> The downside is that I'd need some 20 foot step ladders to do this,
> whereas with the ferrites I can just place them at two points (on both
> sides of my property).
>
> I could track down the noise sources in my neighborhood. But there are a
> lot of them, and with a high turnover of renters every year - it'd be an
> endless fight.
>
> Aaron
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