Hello Lyn and Thanks. I have a very similar arrangement with the KPA/KAT500 and three wired Kidde smoke/ CO detectors.
I've had problems with it periodically over the years in spite of various attempts to resolve triggering the smoke detectors using various ferrite cores and bypass capacitors and being as fastidious as I can with grounding in the shack. Glad to hear it's working well in your shack ;-) I'd be interested if anyone has experience running some power with the new wirelessly interconnected Kidde detectors that create their own rf based interconnection rather than use the wifi system that may already be present in the home. TNX agn dw Paul VA3LX On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 4:36 PM Lyn Norstad <l...@lnainc.com> wrote: > I have a fairly new Kidde wired system (battery / AC) with a total of 10 > sensors on 3 levels. > > No RF issues with KPA/KAT500 at full power on any band 160-6m, any mode. > > 73 > Lyn, W0LEN > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of VA3LX > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 1:22 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kidde smoke detectors; Any follow up on RFI frm > wireless models? > > Hello, > > I read the thread from several weeks ago discussing the Kidde wireless > interconnected smoke detectors and the concern that they would be triggered > by RF from ham radio. > > Has anyone who is running any power tried them? > > A local ham running 100 watts hasn't had problems. > > I have a Kidde wired interconnection smoke detector system that I trigger > with > 250 watts. Numerous attempts with ferrite chokes and bypass > capacitors haven't resolved it. > > TNX > > de Paul VA3LX > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to l...@lnainc.com > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
