Noted. I don't have a Lowes close by, but I do have a Home Depot and Menards.
Next time I'm there I will look for this product and perhaps drop some
suggestions. I do know someone who works in the electrical department at
Menards, he's a ham operator too. I'll pass this information along to him,
minus all the headers etc.
Thanks Mike.
73
Dale, K9VUJ
On 10, Feb 2014, at 15:25, "Mike Ryan" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Dale, The brand name is PORTFOLIO, and sold around here at LOWES. The model
> number is #0068062. It is called a 'wall wash light'. They are LED, low
> voltage 8w draw, with 420 lumens / 3000k. The box says they are comparable
> to a 35w halogen floodlight. Very, Very, nasty light fixture.
> -Mike
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dale J.
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 3:06 PM
> To: Mike Ryan
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
>
> I'd like to get the numbers of those lights. Post them if you will, mfg too
> and where they are sold.
>
> Tnx
> Dale, k9vuj
>
>
>
> On 10, Feb 2014, at 13:36, Mike Ryan <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry Jim but the power supplies that these lights are connected to are not
>> always the case. I mentioned in an earlier post here about some 50w LED
>> lamps which use 12 vot AC, that's AC. The power supply is clean. The BULBS
>> have switching power supplies of some nature in them. LOEWS has a line of
>> exterior landscaping lights which will pretty much drive you QRT. My
>> neighbor has 10 of these in his yard. They are dirty from HF to at least
>> 440mhz. When his outdoor lights timer goes ON, I am OFF. I'd be happy to
>> post info on these again should someone care. - Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David C. Hallam
>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:48 PM
>> To: rfi@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
>>
>> I may have made an unwarranted conclusion, but I assumed the LED were
>> substituted for halogen without any other changes. I will see if I can
>> get a clarification on that point. Would a change in bulb types make
>> any difference in the RFI being generated?
>>
>> David
>> KW4DH
>>
>> On 2/10/2014 1:14 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> On 2/10/2014 11:07 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>>> Who would have thought the LED's could radiate so far?
>>>
>>> It's not the LEDs, it's the wires (antennas) connected to the switching
>>> power supply for the LEDs. This should come as no surprise to any ham --
>>> switching power supplies are generators of RF trash, that puts RF current
>>> on those wires, and like any other antenna, those wires radiate the trash.
>>>
>>> Thank you VERY much for posting details of part numbers and vendors for the
>>> bad products.
>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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