[RFI] GFI Outlets

[Dan Violette]

Joe,

I would slip a ferrite bead on each insulated wire (black, white) and the problem would go away.  I forget the size and mix designation (about 1/2 inch long, just big enough hole for wire, HF mix 77? 73?).  The beads were part of the "RFI Kit" I had gotten from Palomar.  I wrote on the bags which ones for GFCI and can look up what I used it you need.  It was my last house, and now I have not operated much and have a steel shingle roof so have not had any problems yet here.

Dan KI6X

-----Original Message-----
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
Sent: Aug 17, 2005 3:37 AM
To: rfi at contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] GFI Outlets

I finally got something up in the air, not much just a 20' high dipole on 40
meters.  It loads up fine, and I can hear a suprizing amount of stuff on the
band, but when fed with 100 Watts it trips about a third of the GFI outlets
in the house.  The ones closest to and furthest from the antenna tripped and
the ones in the middle did not (all seperate circuits).  I assume it is the
wire length that is getting me.  The GFIs were made by Levitron and Pass &
Seymour.  The Pass & Seymour "premium" GFI was installed in 2004, and the
house was built in 2000.

I would be willing to pay a "premium" price for GFIs with a little filtering
built in.  Does such a thing exsist?  A quick check on the internet reveals
many folks with this problem and few solutions.  What have other folks done?

Thanks for the Help and 73,
Joe
kk0sd
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