Canuke
Enlightened
I just picked up one of those Faraday shakelights (currently $9.99 instead of $29.99 at Big 5 sporting goods in Sherman Oaks) and was testing it to see how strong the magnetic field outside of it was. So far, it can just about hold itself onto the bottom of my steel bedframe, affect a 13" TV from just under a goot away, and a compass needle responds from as much as two and a half feet away.
The strange thing I found was that it triggers my Inova 24-7 from its OFF position, either into the #2 (four white dim) or the #8 dial settings, when the magnet is up against it.
Any idea what is happening here? Does the 24/7 use Hall effect switches or something like that? I've read in other posts that the 24/7's electronics can be a bit touchy, so I've been keeping the two apart since.
In a separate question, could shakelights of this design be enshrounded in a ferromagnetic sleeve to shield it? If so, would that compromise its generation capacity?
The strange thing I found was that it triggers my Inova 24-7 from its OFF position, either into the #2 (four white dim) or the #8 dial settings, when the magnet is up against it.
Any idea what is happening here? Does the 24/7 use Hall effect switches or something like that? I've read in other posts that the 24/7's electronics can be a bit touchy, so I've been keeping the two apart since.
In a separate question, could shakelights of this design be enshrounded in a ferromagnetic sleeve to shield it? If so, would that compromise its generation capacity?