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Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs

To: Mike Ryan <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
From: "Dale J." <dj2001x@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:06:44 -0600
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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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