I have 3 GE model FLE26HT3/2/SW outside the garages and I have been tracking
the hours to failure.
So far....one of them has failed....it didn't get dim or act weird....it
just quit at 7300 hours.
The rated life is 8000 hours so it almost made it.
The other 2 are still going strong and have gone past the 800 hour point by
now.
The replacement CFL is the same part number but is a bit brighter than the 2
original units.
I don't have any noise on any band from these CFL....that's why they are
still out there.
The CFL I am using is at the bottom of page 5-10.
Here is the data sheet so everyone can know what you are buying before you
get the store.
I don't buy any house brands.
http://genet.gelighting.com/LightProducts/images/t04/0000000/r00016v-1.pdf
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale Svetanoff
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 2:14 PM
To: Jim Brown; rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Noise changes when room lights turn on / off-
NOISEFOUND!!!!!
Jim and All,
Just an FYI note on CFL and LED lamp life: "Consumer Reports" is in the
midst of accelerated life testing on a large number of CFL and LED lamps.
They are about 2 years into the mission and still running. LEDs are looking
good, but still pricey. Some CFLs are now lasting >10k hours, but many are
not. They do cycle all bulbs on/off, but they note that some CFLs are
specified as not less than 15 minutes on time when used. Alas, they are not
tracking any RFI issues.
73,
Dale Svetanoff, WA9ENA
Sr EMC Engineer
E-N-A Systems, LLC
Specializing in shielding applications, system grounding, and lightning
protection
> [Original Message]
> From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: <rfi@contesting.com>
> Date: 9/22/2012 1:16:17
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Noise changes when room lights turn on / off-
NOISEFOUND!!!!!
>
> On 9/22/2012 2:15 AM, dalej wrote:
> > I have low power (9 watt) CFL's all over the house including two in the
shack and I have never had a noise from them,
>
> Same experience here -- I bought a bunch roughly 6 years ago, some
> (most?) at Costco. I've experienced only one failure so far, in a lamp
> that gets used most often, turned on and off at least a couple of times
> a day. Don't recall brand, but nothing I bought then would be available
> today, nor would brand performance correlate from then to now. :)
>
> BTW -- LEDs run on low voltage DC, so be on the alert for noisy DC power
> supplies.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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