Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-28 Thread Richard L Ratico
riginal Message - From: "Richard L Ratico" To: Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue > Howie, > > Very high, rapidly fluctuating, DC currents are carried by battery cables. > These > produce powerful, local magn

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-28 Thread William Miller
Joel: I am correcting you. Twisting wires causes cancellation of RF energies. This is true for wires that have RF energy on them that you wish to keep from emitting RF energy or wires that do not have RF energy and you wish to prevent them from receiving RF energy. Therefore, if one could

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-28 Thread Joel Davidson
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that twisting wires creates a magnetic field and increases radio frequency interference. - Original Message - From: "Richard L Ratico" To: Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-27 Thread Howie Michaelson
Hi Dick, I used the twisted pair that comes with the FNDC. I believe it is rated for 600 v. I did, early on, pull the wires through the conduit for the aforementioned reason, but this is the only installation that I had trouble with in this fashion - perhaps it was because all the others were 48

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-27 Thread Richard L Ratico
Howie, Very high, rapidly fluctuating, DC currents are carried by battery cables. These produce powerful, local magnetic fields. Many sources recommend twisting the cables together to reduce RFI. I have found this twisting hard to do well. Steel conduit accomplishes the same thing, more effectivel

Re: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-27 Thread Walt Ratterman
-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Howie Michaelson Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:14 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Cc: Matt James Subject: [RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue Hi All, Caution: this is a longish tale about

[RE-wrenches] Odd Outback FNDC/Mate issue

2009-03-26 Thread Howie Michaelson
Hi All, Caution: this is a longish tale about a problem with Outback's FNDC monitor, as well as a request for any other related stories. Sorry for the long post - sharing this here is somewhat therapeutic for me, so if you want to cut to the chase, it is toward the bottom: About a year ago I ins