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Light-Dimmer Noise, was Re: Ferrite Beads

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From: Nico Garcia
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 1991 20:41
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In article <4931@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Marvin Minsky) writes:
> Sorry about last message.  Does anyone know if ferrite beads can
> reduce the RF noise from light-dimming devices?

We avoided the whole issue and replaced the SCR light-dimmers with the
bulky, hairy old linear light dimmers. They work great and don't make
the occasional buzzing noise of the SCR's, which was a problem for our
audio experiments.


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Subject: Light-Dimmer Noise, was Re: Ferrite Beads
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Date: 22 Jan 91 20:41:26 GMT
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