Your dipole creates lobes. these lobes carry all the RF power. If
the dipole is situated in such a way that the lobe(s) may be
directly in line with the ACFI beakers. You may try and move the
dipole, if possible, to another location. Amazing that 100 watts
trips them. Poor design with no forethought on Eaton's part.
They're made to detect unusual wave forms in the AC line. This
makes it very difficult to prevent interference.? Grounding the
rig will help with the receive of the rig but, not the transmit
signal.
73 Dan N0FQN
On 9/5/2021 3:54 PM, Michael F Pearson,
KJ7VXX wrote:
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So I have found out that my house has 4 ACFI Breakers for Eaton
that are susceptible to RF interference. I have sent an email to
Eaton to see if they have a suitable replacement. What other
things can I try? What are some acceptable grounding practices I
should put in place to reduce RFI?
Current set up is a Yaesu FT-890 (borrowing from Al, thank you),
20Meter Dipole antenna handing off the side of my house.?
I see there is a grounding pin on the back of the radio that could
be attached to something??? I also tired to find my houses
grounding rod near the power meter to no avail, so I don't know
how the house is bonded to ground (maybe water pipe?).?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.?
--
Mike Pearson
KJ7VXX
