> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:23:45 -0700 (PDT), Don Rasmussen wrote: > >>I've been stuck for a couple years now with a Whirlpool Duet front >>loading washing machine. The internal MCU and switcher power supply >>trashes entire HF at S9 +10, > > Your post is timely. As it happens, there are two recent threads > (begun on Friday or Saturday) on the RFI reflector on this topic. I > suggest that you head over to contesting.com and read them. It IS > off topic here, so I won't say more. :) > > 73, > > Jim K9YC
I posted an eHam article about this a couple of years ago. (In fact, if you do "duet rfi" on Google you'll find me pretty quickly.) I get about two messages a month from hams who have the Whirlpool Duet series and have terrible RFI problems. Universally, when I advise they call Whirlpool and complain, they report back that they were told that they were the first person ever to report the problem. On eHam, someone responded with his own article and I took the suggested steps: AC line filter, better ground, some ferrites and wire re-routing inside the washer. Plus I partially remodeled my house, put in a new ground system, and put in a tower and yagi. The noise went from S9+60 to S3. An improvement only by comparison. Along the way I spoke with engineers at Whirlpool, received a whole complete set of new innards from them, and did a lot of other research. Despite their willingness to talk to me on the phone and send me parts (which didn't help) I think th best solution is to buy something else. It will be be interesting to see if the RFI list has a new, full solution. Leigh/WA5ZNU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
