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azrael
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… off topic, but here seems as good a place as any to ask in the world !

I've an electical installation which is picking up a lot of interferance from nearby sources, can anyone recommend (a) an electical sheilding tape or similar methodology and (b) a UK source for (a) …

Many Thanks in advance,

Azrael

 
Posted : 15/10/2010 11:36 pm
Beetle
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Is the interference over the air or through the mains?

 
Posted : 15/10/2010 11:46 pm
azrael
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Is the interference over the air or through the mains?

Ah, yes, my ignorance shines through !

I'm fairly sure that it is over the air, rather than through the power source ( not mains).

 
Posted : 16/10/2010 12:18 am
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Grounded copper foil around the device that is emitting the interference would be the first choice. You can find some pretty interesting articles from the tin-foil hat brigade if you Google Faraday cage.

 
Posted : 16/10/2010 4:28 am
azrael
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Thanks for that, I'll (a) google with some tin-hat type search terms [ I'm guessing mind-reading ray, alien abduction etc. added to "faraday cage" should work ok 😉 ] and (b) give the grounded copper a go. The whole flipping thing stopped working altogether on Friday, only to restart on Saturday when I asked a friend to "look at it with me" … I got as far as "look when I start it up nothing happens" only to be embarrassed by a working ( albeit still interfered with ) system … {sigh}

 
Posted : 18/10/2010 4:36 pm
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