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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4906 |
The Waeco fridge's compressor interferes with the AM radio. I like to listen to ABC (a smaller BBC)! It is ok in the city where there is a strong signal, but in the outback, the weaker the signal the more difficult it is to hear the radio. Obviously Murphy gets involved & bug_ers up the sound whenever there is something interesting. The compressor's timing is impeccable!
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4th Jul 2019 5:51 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4906 |
Isn't what this is for. I get the same interference whether only AC or only DC is physically connected. This is on the AC line.
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4th Jul 2019 9:57 am |
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Vanny Member Since: 06 Dec 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 437 |
Does the fridge have a fan? In my (limited) experience variable speed fans have a higher impact on AM interference than compressors. |
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4th Jul 2019 4:52 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4906 |
It is the compressor because it starts at a slightly different time to the fan & the noise on the radio is in time with the compressor spooling up or down.
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4th Jul 2019 9:56 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3133 |
If your stand alone radio works perfectly alright and your car radio doesn't, then, I feel that you need to suppress All power wiring from fridge, and make sure that everything is properly earthed to car. (you seem to have proved it's not RF radiation interference)
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4th Jul 2019 10:45 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4906 |
It happens to the car radio & to 2 different portable radios which both of these run off there own AA batteries. We listen to AM in the car at night when camping using a portable radio not to flatten the car battery & the car also switches off after 10 minutes anyway.
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5th Jul 2019 1:18 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3133 |
Sorry, on first reading your post, I thought you were reporting a problem and asking for help.
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5th Jul 2019 7:25 am |
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