Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger

Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by pnpnp on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:52PM (#37770697)

There’s also a big difference between one charger emitting some noise, and a couple million in a big city raising the noise floor for the frequency.

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Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by Clamchop on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @04:38PM (#37771381)

It's not Apple's job to determine if there's a problem with that and regulations on this issue are, so far as I'm aware, treated very seriously.

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Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by pnpnp on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @04:57PM (#37771672)

Sorry - I can clarify a little. If it complies with regulations, Apple is definitely not at fault.

I was just replying to the above comment which could read “a little noise from a single device isn’t a big deal.”

It is definitely up to regulators to decide what is acceptable, and up to Apple to meet those regulations. It’s still a little unclear from the OP whether or not the spurious emissions meet transmission requirements, but it definitely a good place to do further lab tests for compliance.

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Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by Clamchop on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @06:18PM (#37772580)

Maybe! Seems a little unlikely that Apple could fly something like that under the radar, not for very long, but mistakes happen.

Do bodies like the FCC independently verify compliance?

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Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by TylerE on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:10PM (#37774529)

We're talking "little" as in "need a powerful microscope to see it", not "small".

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Re:Eliminating Radio Interference from Apple Charger by TylerE on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:09PM (#37774527)

Inverse square law dude. We're talking about nanowatts, at most, here.

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