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Re: NEON- Neon and radio interference
dirk wrote:
>
> Dmitrij Gancho wrote:
> >
> > Hello, the List.
> >
> > I am negotiating now a channel letters job on a roof of a building.
> > The roof is full of radio aerials, satellite dishes, etc. and customer is
> > worrying that neon transformers may cause radio interference.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience whether things like neon tubes and/or transformers
> > and/or flashers are incompatible there? Or what kind of transformers should better be used
> > in such installations? May be some electrical tricks?
> >
> > Thanks for your inputs
> > Dmitrij
>
> Always use core and coil from the strayfield type, so not the constant
> current ones. If neon use 6 kv (3-0-3) as a maximum, if blue use 8 kv
> (4-0-4) as a maximum. Cables should be as short as possible. Don't block
> out the complete electrode with block out paint. Block out the lectrode
> till you reach the ceramic collar.
> Best from dirk.
Dirk,
What adverse effect is caused by blocking out the whole electrode ?
Thanks,
Steve Towne
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