At 01:58 PM 9/3/2010 -0700, neil n wrote: >Thought since I had plugged in my DC personal fanto the ciggy lighter >this morning, it might be involved. Unplugged it, problem gone. >Reason: DC fan cable was picking up RF from the coax cable! Be grateful. I've caused the (plugged in) GCFI on the cord of a (not operating) hair dryer to arc and smoke by keying my 5-watt marine VHF handheld at a distance of 5-6 feet. Granted I heard the thing buzzing and left the key down "to see what would happen"*-- it took possibly ten seconds before I was rewarded with the flash and smoke which continued for a second until I released the key. * Are these the most dangerous words in the English language? Fortunately the thing failed in the conducting position, so the hair dryer still works. I never opened up the little cube to see what it looked like inside, before or after. Either lazy or difficult access, I forget which. Yours, David |
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