-<And now for something completely different!>-

I got an exercise bike today.  It's described as a "magnetic" exercise
bike.  I suppose this means the resistance is provided by a magnet
acting on a ferrous disc attached to the pedals but I couldn't locate
any technical details.

What to do while exercising - why, listen to the Squeezebox, of course!
:-)

Except I couldn't.  The SB kept freezing, stalling, dropping out.  In
short it performed the worst it ever had in the 10 minutes I was using
this bike.

When I stopped, everything went back to normal.

So I guess my question is - would there be any way using this bike
would cause EMI?  By Faraday's Law, current would be induced in the
disc - it would have to be.  Would it then emit EMI?

It's a very cheap bike, so if the more expensive ones have any sort of
shielding this one does not have it...

Hopefully no one thinks I'm a quack for asking, but the effect is
dramatic and repeatable.


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