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| | | Can a cell phone interfere? | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 35 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 35 | Hi all,
Probably a noob question but... If I leave my cell phone on top of the dog house, the engine cover of our 1985 Dodge B350, is it possible that it can interfere with the engine? While it is a carb´d engine, mechanical fuel pump, there are a few electrical components that I am worried about of being too close to the cell phone. (Distributor, etc.)
Any one who knows about? Or anyone who leaves the phone there and no problem happened? | | | Re: Can a cell phone interfere? | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | Never heard of that happening. Never had anything like that with our vans. I would seriously doubt any interference from the cell phone. The foil insulation inside the doghouse acts like a Faraday Cage in that regard.
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| | | Re: Can a cell phone interfere? | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 35 newbie | OP newbie Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 35 | Thanks CatFish,
That's what I was thinking.
With all those new and more powerfull cell phones and their 5G etc, I was just never comfortable putting there my phone, or mine and my wife's at the same time...
But yeah, never heard of anyone either. Just that I had a out of timing issue and the timing had to be reset. I tracked that one down though to have happened due to a distributor change, and eveeytime the distributor gets messed with the timer should be adjusted/resetted. (At least per the manual.) | | | Re: Can a cell phone interfere? | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 18,213 Likes: 2 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 18,213 Likes: 2 |
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