[TVARC] RF & Circuit Breakers

[Greg Nilsen]

I recently had the same issue with AFCI in my home after I set up my radio.  With the help of John Ellis I had Pike Electric come out and replace the circuit breakers.  Everything was fine while I was using low power on FT8.  When I tried 100w I had one of the new ones trip again.  It happened a couple times so I went back to lower power.  I have been waiting for things to open up again before I call Pike back to see if they will replace this one for me.

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On May 4, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Yangmin Shen <yang at shen.us> wrote:


If the breakers that popped are the AFCI type (green label) and you are south of 466A & north of 42, you might have the faulty breakers mentioned in this article: https://www.dxengineering.com/techarticles/lightningandrfiinfo/arc-fault-circuit-interrupter-rfi-problems

If you call the electricians who did your original work (mine was Galaxy) they should replace them at no charge.  I just arranged to have my neighbor's replaced last week.

Yang Shen
W9ETC




On 5/4/2020 2:51 PM, tvarc-request at mailman.qth.net<mailto:tvarc-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

To:
tvarc at mailman.qth.net<mailto:tvarc at mailman.qth.net>

   I set up my wire antenna in the attic. I did as much shielding, bonding, and grounding as I could. I pressed the microphone button in order to pollute 17M with 100 watts of rabid electrons and every ground fault breaker in the electrical panel tripped.
   I remember hearing about his problem but I do not recall the the solution.

   Thank you,
Eric Nihill
K2BUI
V/o Hillsbourogh
Subject:
[TVARC] RF & Circuit Breakers
From:
EJ <reply.male at gmail.com><mailto:reply.male at gmail.com>
Date:
5/4/2020, 11:26 AM
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