Grounding's the first, followed by moving the radio antenna away from
incoming power. After that, shielding, or installing a choke on the power
cord of the lathe might help.

That said, there should be a shunt capacitor to eat that up. I've got one
that I have to hitch up as soon as the peas clear the ground so my fencer
that defends against the deer won't interfere with the TV. Tough to believe
they wouldn't have such a simple thing built in.

"Ecnerwal" wrote in message
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(guy) wrote:

Hello folks, I need some help with my Leeson motor controller. When I
turn my lathe on the radio in my shop(garage) turns to pure static. I
tried a battery operated radio and it does the same thing. I have

You've got RFI (radio frequency interference). Make sure that the metal
case of the unit is properly grounded, and if it does not have a metal
case, put it inside a grounded metal box. Make sure the motor itself is
properly grounded. If you do both of those and still have noise, put the
wire inbetween in grounded conduit.

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