"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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I have a troublesome paper shredder that periodically causes my cable
modem to lose its mind, and require a reboot.

Due to physical locations of outlets and cabinet spacing, I have no
choice but to use the same power strip for both shredder and modem.

I suspect conducted but I suppose it could be radiated.

Any ideas short of moving the shredder to another room ?:-)

I'd bet that it's conducted EMI. In such cases I've specified a Triplite
Isobar premium power strip. Extensive EMI isolation and filtering between
adjacent outlets.
http://www.tripplite.com/en/products...txtModelID=112
A bit pricey but they do solve a lot of problems.

If you feel that it's a radiated problem. just try to route the cable more
than a couple of feet away from the shredder's power cord. Sometimes you get
lucky with a clip-on ferrite.
Oppie