[GTALUG] Dirty Power and Wi Fi Far field effect

[James Knott]

On 03/14/2015 09:32 AM, Russell Reiter wrote:
> However as I said it was wi fi which I believe took out the hair
> dryer. This is a known and recorded type of event on the North
> American power grid.

Just consider the power levels involved.  A hair dryer is typically a
hundred watts or more.  WiFi is a small fraction of a watt.  There's
absolutely no way a WiFi access point can generate enough power to
damage a hair dryer.