thurstongarden;520141 Wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > The fridge is brand new and belongs to the landlord. I imagine it is on > the same electrical circuit as my amp etc in the same room. > > It's a 240v system (in the UK) and I cannot really alter it as it's not > mine. I am hoping only to rent for 12 months and thought I could get > something to plug between the fridge and the wall outlet to suppress the > spike? > > If it's radio then I might have to encase the fridge in swathes of > aluminium foil....
OK - STOP! The pop is caused by faulty suppression capacitor (normally a Y-Capacitor) on the compressor in the fridge itself. This is a specialised item. The lack of a working capacitor causes an RFI spike which is airborne and not carried by the mains wiring, hence a mains supressor on your hi-fi won't stop it. The fridge is faulty (even if it is brand new) and you should tell your landlord, as the compressor needs to have a working capacitor by UK law (Wireless & Telegraphy act I think) to prevent interference with TV and Radio signals. There is also an outside possibility that the earth wiring may not be to standard... If it was me for my own peace of mind I'd get one of those plug in mains testers (that look like a 3-pin plug with lights on the back) and make sure the earth tests ok - if it doesn't, escalate to Landlord immediately. If the earth is OK, then tell Landlord that there is a problem with the fridge. Either way, you need to get your landlord to do something. Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75596 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
