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Old 06-03-2010, 05:48 AM
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Finally a question about the electrostatic sensitivity:

Can someone here who has a Mineoro or some electrost. receiver test from what distance it detects a usual household electricity wire (that is active) and also tell us the antenna-size?

This is important so we know the approx. sensitivity range the receiver must have at least for detecting the field of buried metal objects.
Hi.
Outside of my Lab i have a refrigerator.
When the "motor-compresor" works, i locate the wire from 3m far. If it don't work i locate it from 20...30 cm. This is electromagnetic field and not electrostatic. As antenna i use a round coil 20cm diameter.
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