Heck, even in NYC it gets cold enough
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73 de KG2V
Charlie
> On Dec 16, 2019, at 8:18 AM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> It gets cold enough in Oklahoma winter to make CFLs a bad garage choice
> here, also! Voice of experience.
>
> 73 de Mac, K2GKK/5
> Since 30 Nov 1953
> Oklahoma City, OK
> USAF, Retired ('61-'81)
> FAA, Retired ('94-'10)
>
> ________________________________
> From: RFI <rfi-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Dale Johnson
> <dj2001x@comcast.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 05:24
> To: Charles Coldwell <coldwell@gmail.com>
> Cc: RFI RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] compact fluorescent bulbs
>
> I have never had RFI issues with CFL’s or LED light bulbs, except as noted
> below, in fact I use two in the shack for lighting the desk. I have had
> failures though. They both get pretty hot at the base to the point the
> plastic gets brown and eventually the glass loosens up. I just had a LED
> failure a couple weeks ago, it started to flicker and the base was loose,
> that bulb was only about a year old.
>
> The CFL’s don’t work very well in our cold winters, I tried them out in the
> garage and they didn’t come on in the cold. On the other hand I have LED
> shop lights and they work in the cold, just don’t daisy chain them because
> then they really put out RF noise. By that I mean plug one shop light into
> another. I plug each one into separate outlets.
>
> Dale, K9VUJ
>
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