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- From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
- Subject: Re: Modem proximity to stereo speaker
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.081551.2240@netcom.com>
- Keywords: any risk?
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <Dec.29.01.42.48.1992.23362@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 08:15:51 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
- >
- >For the time being, I have placed the modem atop one of my stereo speakers.
- >The speaker is a small "bookshelf" sized unit.
- >
- >Not being a whiz when it comes to radio interference, electronics, and the
- >effect of radio waves on ROMs and such, I'm wondering whether this is a bad
- >idea. If it _is_ a bad idea to have the modem right on top of the speaker,
- >I'd also be interested in knowing how far from the speaker (or other RFI
- >sources - monitor, etc) it should be for optimal safe operation.
- >
- >I am _presuming_ modems are fairly restant to such interference - after all,
- >there are internal modems, which put up with all the radio waves bouncing
- >around inside PC's.
- >
-
- Your problem with the modem being near the speaker wouldn't be radio
- interference. If anything, it would be electromagnetic fields.
-
- Most modems use a transformer as part of the isolation circuit (preventing
- voltage spikes from the phone line from frying things). Transformers use
- electromagnetic fields to pass signals through, so they can be sensitive
- to magnetic fields from outside sources.
-
- I've never experimented with a modem and a speaker, so I don't have any
- idea whether it could cause you a problem or not. I just wanted to mention
- the possibility that the speaker's magnet might be able to affect the phone
- line transformer in your modem.
-
- If your modem has a metal case that's grounded, then it's probably not
- going to be a problem.
-
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