Scott -
I put the screw in type in the ceiling fixture in the shack, and the
adjacent kitchen and garage have tube fixtures. I've noticed no RFI. The
screw-ins (2x60 watt)are dimmer than I'd like, so I'll go to higher
power next time. They're not lasting 4-7 years though. More like 9
months. I can't tell any difference in my electric bill either. I think
it would be in the cents rather than dollar range.
73, Mike, NF4L
Scott Neader KA9FOX wrote:
>Hey guys. I started getting on this kick of replacing our lights in the
>house with Fluorescent equivalents, to obviously save money and do a little
>thing to conserve energy. I've replaced about 25 so far. They were the
>60w and 100w basic light bulb equivalents. I started looking into
>replacements for some of our most used 65w and 75w floods & reflectors in
>the recessed cans around the house when... whoa, what am I
>doing?!?!?! Could this be a potential RFI problem?
>
>I searched the archives on this reflector, but not seeing much. Any input
>would be appreciate. I'll also try some tests with the existing bulbs and
>see what I can hear, if anything.
>
>FYI, what got me going on this was that I seem to be seeing these things
>everywhere I look. Home Depot sells a 6 pack of the 60w fluorescent light
>bulbs for $9.95 a pack, and I just picked up a 6 pack of 100w bulbs for
>$15.50 at Sam's Club today. The draw to saving 75% of the electricity
>costs and lasting 4-7 years is certainly interesting. I would think we'd
>be seeing a lot of posts if these things were causing RFI problems... but
>maybe I'm the only ham to be dumb enough to bring them into the house?
>
>- Scott KA9FOX
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