Do Faraday Cages really work around monitors?

[Yoshitoshi]

I've been sufferring from a far than acceptable image on my 17" monitor since I moved into my new flat. I ran the monitor (perfectly) at my friends place last night and finally managed to determine that the cause is some kind of EM/RF interference at my new pad.

I live opposite a hotel that was originally built in the 13th century and I can often pick up the hotel's TV menu on my local TV channel 6 as a feint ghost on my TV. Apparently the supply electrics under the road are a bit decrepid as well. I'm guessing it's the mains cables, but who knows.

I'm doubtful it's the flat, although almost as old as the hotel, all of the electrics were replaced 2 years ago.

I was wondering if anyone has experimented with Faraday cages in this type of situation. I'm going to try some cardboard panels with aluminium foil stuck on them to surround five sides of the monitor. I'm not sure what earth to use but im sure I can tag it to a water pipe or something.

Thanks in advance,

Yoshi.

 

[akkim]

Sell your monitor and buy an lcd. Lcd's are not affected by EM waves since they don't shoot electrons at a screen. Good luck with the aluminum foil, i'll be surprised if that works.

 

[Yoshitoshi]

Thanks for the input akkim. Yes.. the aluminium foil is not really doing much, except causing my monitor to get warmer.

LCD monitors are a bit out of my price range at the moment.

I think the only solution is to experiment with different locations in the room.

But are there not laws against unsuppressed nusance EM/RF emmissions?

 

[neonfiremanqtip]

Mumetal is your best bet if you actually want to mess with shielding..


MuMetal



NeonFiremanQtip

 

[Gosharkss]

Faraday shields are used to protect other equipment from the radio frequencies emitted by the monitor. Like the other poster said MuMetal is used to block magnetic interferance.