cheap battery fan = lots of noise on TV

I wonder if FCC would be interested in knowing some cheap battery
powered fans being sold in USA is causing lots of interference to
lower VHF band of TV? The one I had caused lots of white noise to
appear on my TV be it antenna or video game console (direct to TV
hookup) I took it back to a different store for exchange but it was
still the same so it is defiantly not a faulty unit but common issue.

When I took mine apart, I found no capacitor at all. I soldered a
$0.05 cap across the motor terminal and now there's a lot less noise
on TV.

These fans were sold at Target. The fan also runs off USB power but it
never worked without causing PC to reboot until after I added the cap.
So probably high return rate due to it not working with PC.


Leaving a $0.05 cap is not enough to justify causing RF interference,
killing PC's and possibly bringing wrath of FCC down. Assume a
production of 50,000 total USB and battery powered fans, that'd save
only $2,500 and if FCC frowns on stray noise like this, $2,500 will
evaporate quickly in recalls and/or fines.
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