Installed ferrite cores onto the live and neutral cables making a buzzing noise?
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My thoughts exactly. And what’s the earthed metal cage over the meter for? I’d be more worried about the looped service , but what do I know
Good point. Perhaps he's trying to block the RF to stop it reporting readings.
Is that a home made Faraday cage over the meter?
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I have never seen ferrites on meter tails before, did you see the croc clip earth on the faraday cage as well, I smell a conspiracy theory going on here
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Nice bit of bending work on the faraday cage though.
.Nice bit of bending work on the faraday cage though.
Tin foil hat anyoneI have never seen ferrites on meter tails before, did you see the croc clip earth on the faraday cage as well, I smell a conspiracy theory going on here
Nice bit of bending work on the faraday cage though.
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Smart meter was causing RCD tripping maybe?
Regardless of the reason for installing, a ferrite ring has to be chosen for current so it doesn't saturate. Overloaded bead will have harmonics in the magnetism and buzz even if the current is pure 50 Hz.
That's interesting.
Any such things I've ever seen have both cables running through it, so can a single ring on a single cable actually make any difference?
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Yeah made it myself
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It’s worked! The WAN is completely red
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I haven’t touched any of the wires. It was like this when I brought the house. It makes random buzzing noises I thought by installing Ferrite cores the noise would go away? But it didn’t unfortunately..
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Yeah. Made it myself using stainless steel mesh 82 to be precise thought the buzzing sound would go away since I thought it was an EMI issue
I did. To eliminate noise but it sadly didn’t work
Suggestion;
1 Remove everything you've added.
2 Have a local spark in to check it's all safe.
3 Stop messing with it.
4 Stop worrying.
1 Remove everything you've added.
2 Have a local spark in to check it's all safe.
3 Stop messing with it.
4 Stop worrying.
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Another thing to add. Before adding the ferrite cores. Was sitting there taking my time and using my common sense. After like half hour. Kind of blacked out almost? Got up and layed on the couch. Is this normal? Felt sick too? Is there too much EMI leakage here?
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I would get checked out by a doctor. You may have an underlying condition. I doubt very much it is caused by your electricity meter though. You will get more EMI exposure from your phone!
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