Power source detector - radar for detecting powered function

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A directional scanner for detecting power usage.

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Deon Beauchamp ●

It could have a secondary discretionary setting for power type to filter out unwanted power signatures.

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Tael ●

...On the one hand I'm tempted to point out how silly detecting someone's power usage at a distance sounds... on the other I'm an electrician and have a tool on my vest for detecting AC voltage (and one in my bag for amperage) without actually touching the thing I'm checking...

I think this would be best as an IR system detecting heat as power-usage tends to generate heat, and it will make more sense to normal people...

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Deon Beauchamp ●

We live in an ocean of electrical noise. It is only noise if you do not have the means to discriminate signal, but even noise is a signal.

Had a problem with mixing desk once. It used motorised faders that reacted to touch, but for some reason the faders did not operate properly. A colleague mentioned that the faders responded to the body electric field and it may need a little boost. To do that we ran a socket extension lead from the wall point under the desk near the engineers feet. The extension had no load other than its own resistance, it worked a treat and the faders were fine.

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