speakers messing up touchscreen

[portugese pirate]

6.5 in speakers messing with my elo touchscreen......cant move them any further from monitor....any suggestions.....now im kinda worries bout hard drive in puter, wonder how its putting up with magnets

[BobA]

My suggestion would be to get a pair of 6.5 speakers that are magnetically sheilded. 

[portugese pirate]

thanks BobA.......but thats not really an option.......anyone know bout shielding......what kinda material i need to use

[BobA]

Here is a link to a DIY article on shielding your speakers.

http://www.andrewrondeau.com/Voight%20Pipes/shielding.html

[portugese pirate]

thanks BobA for all your help....i think i fixed the problem.....believe or not with a cookie sheet....yes im in big trouble with the wife.......lol

[BobA]

Glad you got it working.   Don't get any cookie crumbs in your juke. 

[leapinlew]

I got a similar problem with neon lights messing up my monitor. I tried a cookie sheet, but couldn't get it to shield.

[BobA]

The neon ligthts do not give off magnetic fields like the speakers but are probably ripe with rfi (radio freq interference) from the osc used to produce the high voltage.   A faraday shield (grounded copper mesh or aluminum) would probably be required to fix the problem.  Like the aluminum box they often put around the HV portion of monitors.

Just info for the next time.