I read in !emc-pstc that Price, Ed <ed.pr...@cubic.com> wrote (in
<b78135310217d511907c0090273f5190d0b...@curly.ds.cubic.com>) about
'broadband RE from AC induction motors', on Mon, 28 Jan 2002:

>Possibly ESD caused by motion of the air over the rotor, with a regular
>discharge from a pole-piece? Can you relate the 10 ms interval to the RPM
>and number of pole-pieces?

This happens with *non-conducting* fan blades, or a metal fan which is
well insulated from earth, if the blades move near an earthed object
that they can discharge to.
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