We bought 8 2-bulb Xenon under-cabinet fixtures for our kitchen remodeling -
they are Kichler Series 2 with switching power supplies - and I cannot hear
them at all. They weren't cheap, though, and we bought them after a variety of
cheaper halogens proved noisy and/or unreliable.
73, Pete N4ZR
At 04:37 PM 11/20/2006, Kelly Johnson wrote:
>Agreed, however... Isn't Hampton Bay actually owned by Home Depot? I
>bought a Hampton Bay landscape light transformer from Home Depot 3 or
>4 years ago which put out a hideous amount of noise. It knocked out
>the AM BC band in my car from 50 yards or more. It's bad enough that
>Home Depot sold them, but they actually own the company that makes
>them. I had to go to a different hardware store to buy a good 'ol
>fashioned Malibu transformer. No problems since. Home Depot wouldn't
>take it back either since I had no receipt which made me refuse to go
>to Home Depot for a long time. A year later I went to Home Depot to
>find that Home Depot was no longer carrying Hampton Bay "switchers"
>and was back to selling Malibu transformers once again. That was a
>happy day. I wonder why the switch? Malibu IS more expensive, but
>for me far preferable!
>
>
>On 11/20/06, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [RFI] Haolgens AND . . .
>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:55:45 -0700
>> From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
>> To: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> References: <20061120200030.ECC4A58449@gw1.nlenet.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Brown wrote:
>> > One of the most negative things that WalMart, Home Depot,
>> > and their ilk have done to our world is force many good mfrs and
>> > good products out of biz by flooding the marketplace with cheap
>> > junk.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Jim Brown K9YC
>> >
>> >
>> Hi, Jim.
>>
>> I sometimes feel the same way but it really doesn't work that way.
>> People shop at Walmart and Home Depot because they have the lowest
>> prices for products that meet the needs of the majority of shoppers.
>> You might decry Home Depot because you can't find better quality light
>> dimmers there, but the majority of people couldn't care less whether
>> their light dimmers generate electrical noise. You might (as an
>> example) be less interested in paying extra for light bulbs, or ceramic
>> tile, or windows, etc, but someone out there is probably disappointed
>> that they can't get better versions of those products at Home Depot.
>> It's simple economics, and I can absolutely guarantee that almost any
>> vendor, even Walmart and Home Depot, would prefer to handle more premium
>> merchandise where the margins are higher for the same costs of
>> distribution. Consumers make the choices, not the suppliers.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave AB7E
>>
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