It's more likely that the fan is causing a power drag that is affecting your monitor.
A UPS may be your best bet, if you can stand the beeping when the fan acts up. On 2015-06-25 17:24, Fred James wrote: > I live on the top floor of an apartment building with a flat roof ... > apparently under a roof top ventilation fan. > > My monitor, a ViewSonic flat screen LED screen, blinks and flickers > during certain periods but only when the roof fan is running. I cannot > tell if the interference is coming directly from the fan, or possibly > from electric wires that may be in the wall? > > I have been playing with a couple sheets of aluminum foil on the wall > behind the monitor ... maybe it is just my imagination, but that seems > to help a little bit? And sometimes it seems that it doesn't. > > Any suggestions? Thank you > Regards > Fred James > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug