I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute <ri...@sdd.hp.com> wrote (in <200201041623.iaa13...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Fri, 4 Jan 2002:
>So, I am acting unreasonably by using a >CFL and a radio on my bedside table. If we're being very meticulous, it is not unreasonable to use a CFL next to a radio, but it IS unreasonable to complain about what happens! Is there another solution? Further reducing the emissions is simply too costly, and is bad economics anyway, since all the mitigation components, probably still in good working order, are thrown away when the lamp fails (usually the filter capacitor in the d.c. supply dries out). -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
