From Risks Digest 25.77
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....87e6ced18469c#

RFI is usually an annoyance but seldom harmful. Here's an exception.
A UPI article of 18 Aug reports:

Andrei Melnikov said his Maytag Magic Chef stove beeps and turn its
broiler
onto the highest setting if his phone, which he has had for about
three
years, receives an incoming call while within two feet of the
appliance,
WABC-TV, New York, reported Tuesday. ... He said the stove is
currently
unplugged and Maytag has agreed to send a repair crew to get to the
bottom
of the problem.

GSM cell phones are noted for causing audible RFI in other receivers
nearby. Looks like some Maytag ranges are equally vulnerable.

[Also reported by David Hollman and by Kevin Connolly, who added,
``Here
in Ireland the electrical regulations require a wall switch to
isolate the
mains supply to a cooker when not in use. It is good advice to use
it.''
PGN]