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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
The interference is totally unreal! Most of it is from the line, a nasty buzz.
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I get the same nasty sounding interference from solid state dimmer switches. I used to have a dimmer on the front porch light. If the light was on, AM radios anywhere in the house would make a horrible loud buzz.. even on battery operated radios.
One day, just to see how far it would pick it up, I turned on that switch and walked outside. I was about 150 feet from my house before the buzz went away. After that I replaced that switch with a regular non-dimming switch.
When I lived in my previous home, the old lady across the street had one of those bright halogen pole lamps with a dimmer next to her chair (the kind that was setting people's drapes on fire several years ago), and anytime she had that light on, the radios in my house would pick it up.
Currently, there's a light in my shower that operates on a dimmer. If that light is on, AM radios make that loud buzz. You can hear a change in the buzz as you brighten and dim the light.
So if you have anything with a dimmer, play with it and see if your buzz goes away.