"user314" (user314)
10/09/2014 at 13:09 • Filed to: question, technology, EW
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"user314" (user314)
10/09/2014 at 13:09 • Filed to: question, technology, EW | 0
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Kind of an odd question, but here it is: I've got a media player on my TV, but the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I've got isn't shielded, so if the drive is turned on I get interference on my radio. The easy solution is to just turn the drive off, but I'd rather something more long term (and I'm lazy). So, is there something I can do to the enclosure (copper sheets?) to block EMF leakage?
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deekster_caddy
> user314
10/09/2014 at 13:14 |
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I would try a good surge suppression/cleaning power strip first. Are you sure the EMF is coming directly from the drive and not through the power supply?
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user314
> deekster_caddy
10/09/2014 at 13:26 |
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All my stuff's on protectors, and thanks to the somewhat unconventional wiring of this house, the radio and drive are on different circuits.
buford-t-justice
> user314
10/09/2014 at 13:27 |
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Are the radio and HD in the same power bar?
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user314
> buford-t-justice
10/09/2014 at 13:34 |
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Nope, different bars, different circuit breakers.
jariten1781
> user314
10/09/2014 at 13:43 |
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Could be the cable. Cheapo cables have sketchy shielding at best and act as antennas. Have you tried running the drive without the USB cable in?
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user314
> jariten1781
10/09/2014 at 13:50 |
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Hmm, I didn't think of that. I'll have to try.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> user314
10/09/2014 at 13:58 |
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If possible try plugging them into the same circuit. When I was at university they had some weird wiring in some labs and if you were using an O-scope to read a wave generator that was plugged into a different circuit strange things would happen.
It was a pretty big issue there because the circuits would come out of different panels so they would have different commons and grounds which lead to a pretty big 60Hz signal getting picked up. Being in a house even different circuits should have the same neutral and same ground since they are in the same panel, but you will still probably pick up some 60Hz noise. If your house has multiple panels and the circuits come out of different panels you will almost definitely pick up a lot of 60Hz noise.