[RFI] RF

[Tom Thompson]

Jim is right.  I have been fighting a motion activated night light for 
the last 2 days.  Since the motion activated device is so small, common 
mode current is probably not the culprit.  I built a differential choke 
and it made little difference.  In desperation, I hooked a small 12 volt 
battery with an inverter to power the device and still no luck.  My 
conclusion is the RF is coming through the air and the only thing that 
might help is a Faraday cage.  Since my device is a light, that won't 
work, so I guess they will go back to Costco.  Too bad because other 
than the RF susceptibility, it is a good product.

Tom   W0IVJ


On 12/23/2016 11:54 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Fri,12/23/2016 9:59 AM, Bill Price wrote:
>> Any ideas as to how to solve this issue?
>
> Yes. Study k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf   NO ferrite simply clamped onto a 
> wire is going to make a dent at 4 MHz. And there's no solution for 
> motion-detecting stuff like that soap dispenser -- they're input 
> circuitry is something very high Z and probably running wide open.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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