Transformer Hum

RobXant
RobXant Posts: 201
edited December 2004 in Electronics
Can a humming transformer, vibrating due to low voltage, creat a magnetic field strong enough to screw up a TV about 2-3 feet away?
Rob
Yamaha RX-V1500 // Outlaw Audio M200 (x2) Panasonic TH-52PZ700U
Sony DVP-NS715P // Sony Playstation3 // Roku Soundbridge M1000[/color]
Polk LSi15 (w/Monster Z2 Wire) // Polk LSiC // Polk LSi7 // Velodyne DLS-3500

Workshop Rig: Creek 4330 // Technics SL-P310 // Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble 2
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  • shiu
    shiu Posts: 169
    edited December 2004
    Not likely, vibration itself does not set up magnetic field. Voltage and current do. Actually, if the voltage is lower than normal, the magnetic leakage flux should be weaker.
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  • RobXant
    RobXant Posts: 201
    edited December 2004
    Okay-
    The whole saga as I have finnaly figured it all out:

    We got a new shed out in the yard that I am going to use as my workshop. I have been working to finish the interior, so I have an electric space heater in there on an extension cord from the house. I didn't know it, but the exterior outlet that the thing is plugged into happened to be on the same circuit as the AV gear.

    So, I noticed my M200 amps humming a couple of days later. I called Outlaw and Scott suggested it was a voltage or current drop in the line from something else pulling a large load. I figured out it was the space heater. Scott said it did no harm to have the amps hum, so seeing as how the space heater was only temporary, I didn't want to run an extension cord from another circuit as I could live with the hum for a few more days.

    So with the amps humming every once in a while. I started to notice a color bloom in the corners of my TV. I had an old set of speakers that I thought were shielded next to the TV for a little while and thought they might have done it. The TVs self-degauss wasn't doing anything for days, so I figured the speakers had screwed up the shadowmask bad enough to need a manual degauss.

    Well, the lightbulb went off in my head and I woke up at 3am and checked for Santa, then the TV. Colors still there, I turned off the humming amps, ran the extension cord and waited a few minutes to let the field dissapate.

    I Turned the TV on and -magic-. The degauss actually worked and the picture is perfect again. So, yes, the transformers were putting out a huge magnetic field while they were humming.

    So, to recap: Space heater on same circuit as M200 amps caused voltage drop, making the amp transformers hum. Humming caused magnetic field that screwed up the TV. Fixed by putting amps on another circuit while space heater is in use. Permanant fix will be to run a dedicated line for the AV gear. Phew!
    I need an Egg Nog.
    Yamaha RX-V1500 // Outlaw Audio M200 (x2) Panasonic TH-52PZ700U
    Sony DVP-NS715P // Sony Playstation3 // Roku Soundbridge M1000[/color]
    Polk LSi15 (w/Monster Z2 Wire) // Polk LSiC // Polk LSi7 // Velodyne DLS-3500

    Workshop Rig: Creek 4330 // Technics SL-P310 // Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble 2
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  • mrmusicman
    mrmusicman Posts: 303
    edited December 2004
    .....and the 64,000 dollar question is,"do we own electronics,or do they own us"?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by RobXant

    So, to recap: Space heater on same circuit as M200 amps caused voltage drop, making the amp transformers hum. Humming caused magnetic field that screwed up the TV. Fixed by putting amps on another circuit while space heater is in use. Permanant fix will be to run a dedicated line for the AV gear. Phew!
    I need an Egg Nog.


    I would have never thought that, but I say learn something new everyday.

    Glad you fixed your problem with your TV.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

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    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
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    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • RobXant
    RobXant Posts: 201
    edited December 2004
    I am gonna call Steve at Outlaw on Monday and let him have a good laugh at this one. It's amazing, though that after 5 minutes on the phone with a real knowledgable person (despite the 48 hours for me to put all the pieces together) I had a vexing problem solved.

    I am sold on Outlaw products. Imagine how it could have gone if it was a Sony amp! Hah!.

    Merry Christmas. -- Oh- still looking for any suggestions for a "workshop" integrated amp around $100?

    Best-
    Rob
    Yamaha RX-V1500 // Outlaw Audio M200 (x2) Panasonic TH-52PZ700U
    Sony DVP-NS715P // Sony Playstation3 // Roku Soundbridge M1000[/color]
    Polk LSi15 (w/Monster Z2 Wire) // Polk LSiC // Polk LSi7 // Velodyne DLS-3500

    Workshop Rig: Creek 4330 // Technics SL-P310 // Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble 2
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