kafka
Well-known member
OK, maybe this isn't exactly the right forum for this question, but I figure someone here must have dealt with this kind of thing before, so here goes.
I live in a single-family house, around 4000 sq ft. I have extreme problems with EMI. All of my guitars, single-coil and humbuckers, shielded or not, pick it up. It sounds like a buzz saw, except when I orient my guitar so it points in one direction, where it nulls out. It's very clear that it nulls out in the one direction, and exactly 90o away is the worst. I haven't tested everywhere, but the EMI seems to be pretty uniform.
The thing is, I've completely eliminated any source for the EMI inside the house. I did an experiment today where I plugged my Strat into my battery-powered Pignose amp with an overdrive pedal, shut the master breaker off, and unplugged the phone connection at the source. It was just as loud as ever.
What could it be? I was thinking it could be the meter. Also, there's a neighborhood transformer on the property on the other side of the house (100+ ft away). Are there standards for this kind of emission? It it's the meter or the neighborhood transformer, is there any chance I'll have a servicible claim with the electric company? (I'm in the US) Is there any chance of putting up some kind of effective shielding against the interference. Help!
I live in a single-family house, around 4000 sq ft. I have extreme problems with EMI. All of my guitars, single-coil and humbuckers, shielded or not, pick it up. It sounds like a buzz saw, except when I orient my guitar so it points in one direction, where it nulls out. It's very clear that it nulls out in the one direction, and exactly 90o away is the worst. I haven't tested everywhere, but the EMI seems to be pretty uniform.
The thing is, I've completely eliminated any source for the EMI inside the house. I did an experiment today where I plugged my Strat into my battery-powered Pignose amp with an overdrive pedal, shut the master breaker off, and unplugged the phone connection at the source. It was just as loud as ever.
What could it be? I was thinking it could be the meter. Also, there's a neighborhood transformer on the property on the other side of the house (100+ ft away). Are there standards for this kind of emission? It it's the meter or the neighborhood transformer, is there any chance I'll have a servicible claim with the electric company? (I'm in the US) Is there any chance of putting up some kind of effective shielding against the interference. Help!