Fred James wrote: > Jim Garrison wrote: >> LCD monitors are not subject to magnetic interference the way >> CRTs were, so making a Faraday cage out of aluminum foil will >> not work. The fan is causing your power to fluctuate. It >> shouldn't be doing that, and if it does there may be a problem >> with the building's wiring. You should notify your building >> management and ask them to get an electrician to come out and >> diagnose the problem with the fan. There's a *small* chance >> this could be a fire hazard in the fan. >> > Jim Garrison > This is an interesting thought, and interesting information. One more > question ... there are two monitors in this room, about 6-7 feet apart. > The one near the outside wall is the one that "flickers" and goes > black. The one 6-7 feet further in seems not to be effected at all. > Both Monitors are on UPS (separate UPS for each system), and both UPS > are plugged into the same wall socket. Does that information effect > your thoughts on this issue in any way? > Thank you > Regards > Fred James > > Additional note ... the UPS supporting the blinking monitor also > supports the desktop machine, and two network devices ... only the > monitor (as far as I can tell) is suffering.
This is giving me ideas. As I understand it Monitor(1) and Desktop -- plugged into UPS(1) Monitor(2) -- plugged into UPS(2) Swap monitor power cords to obtain Monitor(2) and Desktop -- plugged into UPS(1) Monitor(1) -- plugged into UPS(2) What effect? Related question - with Monitor and Desktop plugged into same UPS, how close to rated output is the UPS? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
