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Appendix B: Faraday Shield Assembly
The Epoch wireless telemetry system includes a Faraday shield that can reduce the amount of noise interference from
the ambient environment. This Faraday shield is designed to be placed around the receiver tray and the animal
housing. The Faraday shield must be assembled by the end user because it is shipped with the Epoch system in a
compact unassembled form to reduce the size of the shipment. The assembled Faraday shield will look similar to
those shown in Figure 20 below.
Figure 20. Assembled Faraday shield (Rat size on left / Mouse size on right)
List of Components
The Faraday shield kit, as shown in Figure 21 below, contains the following components: