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Good suggestions guys, but I don't have any battery chargers, batterys or
converters on the boat. Just plain old 120v wiring. I have walked the marina and the noise on my portable radio gets loud when I hold the radio close to each power pedastal. That sounds, then, as if "hash" from other peoples' battery chargers, switching power supplies, and perhaps the dock lighting systems is getting back into the power mains. Not terribly unusual. Corcom, Delta, and other manufacturers make modular RFI/EMI filters which you might be able to use. They're usually built into a sealed metal can; they usually have three leads or push-on tabs for connection to the incoming power (and ground) and a pair of leads or tabs for the filtered AC power. I've bought them at local electronics-surplus stores, hamfest fleamarkets, etc. for a few dollars each. One such is http://sales.goldmine-elec.com/prodinfo.asp?prodid=6379 - a 10-amp LC-type line filter, which they normally sell for $5 and have on sale for $2.95 (plus shipping of course). You could wire this (or a similar one) up in a metal or plastic box, with a line cord, a duplex outlet, and a circuit breaker or fuse, and have yourself a pretty nice little line-noise-reduction device. It might not be a bad idea to add some ferrite beads around the wires, as well, to help attenuate the higher-frequency RF noise which might be present. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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