Thanks Rod. out of twelve replies, yours is the only one that actually
answered the question..
On 17-May-2012 5:47 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
> felix_unger <
m...@nothere.com> wrote
>
>> You know how when you move a battery radio close to a electro
>> magnetic / electro mechanical device, it picks up static and noise?
>> well I recently bought an exercise machine, and was surprised to find
>> that when I used it, and was listening to a radio nearby, the radio
>> went 'beserk'! So I kept moving the radio further away, but was still
>> getting the interference. So I checked to see how far it would need
>> to be removed to avoid interference, and was surprised to discover
>> that it was still picking up static and noise from the exercise
>> machine several rooms away! I then took it outside to a distance of
>> about 15 metres and it was still getting interference! My question
>> is.. what does this signify or indicate?
>
> Just that it’s a fucked design that doesn’t give a damn about
> radio interference and may even be illegally bad in that regard.
>
>> Does it mean that the machine is harmful to health in some way?
>
> Nope.
Well that's my only concern. So I'm gonna live for another twenty
years?.. :)
>
>> My experience has always been that moving a radio away from
>> electronic devices by just one to a few meters will cause the
>> interference to cease.
>
> That’s only because of the interference that’s being
> produced by those and whether it uses the mains
> power lead as an aerial in effect etc.
>
>> and since the radio is battery operated, it cannot be picking up
>> interference via the mains. ???.
>
> Correct. But you will find that badly maintained car
> engines with crude wire spark plug leads can do the
> same thing and it’s a complete yawn health wise.
>
>> This is the machine..
http://tinyurl.com/home-exercise-gym
>
> Typical chinese shit, the bimbo even has slitty eyes.
yeah, but at the home show they were selling these type of machines for
$2000 - $3500. So two or three grand for a 'quality' machine with a
three to five year warranty, or $200 (at auction) for a Chinese knock
off, what would you buy?
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rgds,
Pete
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