Faraday cages don’t work well on public utility connected systems. The interference is usually brought through the power cords themselves back into the grid. You can also try adding a magnetic damper to the cord to reduce backfed line noise.
I'm assuming being RF it's splatter from the unit and not conducted emissions.. either way it's a shit unit if it's knocking out wifi.
Agreed... instead of trying to reduce or block the RFI, I would spend that money investing in a better ballast.
Thanks for the replies both of you, lets talk options. Why is is bad to use a flip box? My plan was to use a magnetic ballast because im under the impression they do not cause rfi. Then use the flip box so i could use a single ballast and not have power draw issues on startup. I dont have a ton of amps i can draw without running new power and id like to avoid that for now.
Im assuming that on a magnetic style this wont really be too much of a issue? I mean, yea it may crap out sooner than if it was on a 12/12 but ill still get a couple years out of it, an they are only 100 a pop. If im missing something clue me in, im thankful for the insite
Thanks for the pointers, what do you think about the plan to use magnetic ballast on a flip box, eye hortilux bulbs, magnum xxxl reflectors.
Magnetic ballast will work just fine.