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Mogan
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I am building a walk in size faraday cage. In order to make it re-positionable, I am creating 6 wooden frames (top, bottom and sides) covered in 2 or 3 layers of aluminum screen from a hardware store. I am using at least 2 layers of screen, because that is how many layers it takes to cause my cell phone to lose it's signal. I am wrapping and stapling the screen over the edges of the frames and then assembling the frames with the screen-covered edges pressed together. My goal is to shield the inside of the cage from cell phone tower and wifi related radiation. I am educating myself about electricity and RF shielding, but I am still very new this. I will buy a Cornet RF meter before the project is complete - unless I learn of a more appropriate meter for this project.
My questions are:
1) Is the conductivity of the screen likely to be interrupted where there are two pieces pressed together (rather than using one continuous piece of screen)?
2) If I layer 2 or more pieces of screen together and some radiation makes it through the gaps in the first layer, bit hits the second layer, will I be "trapping" that energy inside the cage.
I hope my questions don't sound ridiculous. Thanks,
My questions are:
1) Is the conductivity of the screen likely to be interrupted where there are two pieces pressed together (rather than using one continuous piece of screen)?
2) If I layer 2 or more pieces of screen together and some radiation makes it through the gaps in the first layer, bit hits the second layer, will I be "trapping" that energy inside the cage.
I hope my questions don't sound ridiculous. Thanks,