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Title: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: portugese pirate on July 01, 2007, 06:07:23 pm

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: BobA on July 01, 2007, 06:48:43 pm

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: portugese pirate on July 01, 2007, 07:56:57 pm

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: BobA on July 01, 2007, 11:53:24 pm

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

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: portugese pirate on July 02, 2007, 06:14:21 pm

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: BobA on July 02, 2007, 11:14:47 pm

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: leapinlew on July 03, 2007, 09:16:11 am

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

Title: Re: speakers messing up touchscreen
Post by: BobA on July 03, 2007, 02:11:30 pm

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.