I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute <ri...@sdd.hp.com> wrote (in <200201032108.naa11...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >Whine mode on: I want both on my bedside table, and >I want both to do all of their functions. This IS >not the usage contemplated by 3 m separation EMC >requirements. > >:-) >
Use an incandescent lamp. For a bedside table, quite a low power lamp is OK, especially if you use a low-voltage lamp. But keep a switch-mode 'electronic transformer' at least 3 m from the radio, of course! Or stick to an ordinary transformer. Old technology is NOT always BAD! Grandpa is your FRIEND. Since it isn't practicable to reduce the emissions of CFLs well below the limits of CISPR15/EN55015 without heroic measures, the 3 m separation has to be observed, or CFLs have to be banned or made much more costly. The latter possibilities are clearly not environmentally acceptable. -- 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.
