Mike,
I ran into a keyboard problem and accidentally sent my prior posting before it
was complete.
To finish ...
Yes, I think you have a problem and one way to get going on fixing it is to go
visit the K9YC web site, as has been posted here many times. If you are lucky,
judicious application of ferrite chokes and/or beads onto the low volatge lines
of EACH lamp head might bring the problem under control. My guess is that the
interconnect wiring is playing "antenna" for most of that hash from the
switchers. You will most likely need to treat each cable from each head, so I
hope your neighbor is cooperative.
Good luck and continue to keep us posted.
73, Dale
WA9ENA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Ryan <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>
>Sent: Mar 11, 2013 11:27 PM
>To: rfi@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [RFI] Cree LED Bulbs?
>
>The box that these lights come in from Lowes says they are LED lights. I
>bought one today and I am sending it to a friend to take a look at along
>with a power supply. He wants to look it over to see what can be done. But
>for now it appears that I am scr...d, blued, and tatooed.
>-M
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dale
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:21 AM
>To: ka5s@earthlink.net ; rfi@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [RFI] Cree LED Bulbs?
>
>Cortland, Mike, Kurt, and All,
>
>If you go back to my post of a few days ago, it sounds as if I may have
>scored a direct hit (by dumb accident) on this system; after careful reading
>of Mike's information, it does sound like the manufacturer is using a
>simple, iron core transformer to go from 120 VAC to 12 VAC. That's the good
>news.
>
>Now, one thing I have not seen Mike comment on is if the devices inside
>those lamp heads are bulbs or LEDs. If they are LEDs, I can tell you that
>there are several manufacturers out there making specialized ICs that serve
>as the constant current controllers for LEDs. If they are bulbs, then I
>agree with Kurt's comments about bulbs not caring if they get AC or DC.
>Either way, the picture I am getting is that we have a low voltage,
>relatively high current wired distribution system that goes from the
>step-down transformer to the individual lamp heads. The problem may well
>then be what's inside those heads, particularly if the lighting devices are
>LEDs.
>
>
>Since cost is always THE driver these days (sad, but true), I can tell you
>that I have been shocked by the number of app notes I have seen from the LED
>constant current guys about circuits to use their chips and in which there
>is little or even NO suppression of switching noise on the input side of the
>device. Some of these chips are meant to run on low voltage AC input, and
>then the constant current controller is a specialized switcher that outputs
>DC to the LEDs. So, the bad news is that my "guess" about each lamp head
>containing a small switcher might be correct. If it is, wow - what a mess!
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Cortland Richmond <ka5s@earthlink.net>
>>Sent: Mar 11, 2013 9:21 PM
>>To: rfi@contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [RFI] Cree LED Bulbs?
>>
>>On 3/11/2013 2125, Cortland Richmond wrote:
>>> On 3/11/2013 1952, Mike Ryan wrote:
>>>> The landscaping lights turn out to be 12 volt AC powered and not 12
>>>> volt DC powered. All the suggestions about a car battery and/or an
>>>> Astron or other linear power supply now go out the window. -M
>>>>
>>>
>>> But the converter is still very likely a switch-type converter;
>>> modern-day efficiency rules often rule out transformers on account of
>>> core losses.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cortland Richmond
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>>
>>And even if it does use a linear 12VAC transformer, the LED's themselves
>>require a constant current source -- and probably incorporate switching
>>regulators at each fixture. Have you contacted the system maker?
>>
>>
>>Cortland
>>KA5S
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