[RFI] GFI/RF interference

[Cortland Richmond]

Bud, 

I believe it.  

A cellular telephone has enough power to upset a number of devices if
placed next to them or on them. Want to try with a defibrillator? No? I
don't blame you -- grin!  Modulation type matters, too.  

And remember; the candle that can't warm a room is hot enough to ignite a
curtain. 

In the USA there is no statutory requirement GFCI's be immune to RF.   

Cortland
KA5S 



> [Original Message]
> From: sebdesn <sebdesn at ecentral.com>
> To: RFI <rfi at contesting.com>
> Date: 3/10/2005 12:22:24 PM
> Subject: [RFI] GFI/RF interference
>
> I am on a building trades board and there is a chap who claims that a cell
> phone, sitting next to a GFI,  causes it to trip. Anyone ever heard of
> this???? Seems strange, since I, like probably most of us, have never
> tripped a GFI with rf.And we have a whole lot more than the 700mw. that a
> cell puts out floating around.(the rf burns from the old am days on 160
have
> healed...HIHI..)
> Bud  WØHG