Greetings All,
I just moved into a new QTH. My detached garaged has Florescent shop
lights and unlike the old QTH the RFI from these are pretty darn bad. Hash
goes up into the FM broadcast band.
I did some reading through the RFI archives and I am not sure of the
physical DNA of these units (classic or modern or cheap import). They are
compact offering high energy output suggests solid state ballast but I have
not popped one of them open yet to see what might be spewing the hash.
Instead I find myself in a panic pondering in line filters (like Mousers TE
Connectivity offerings), or maybe some snap on ferrite, or maybe
combinations of both.
Sanity must prevail. There are four offending H-E-F's so I'm wondering
what is the most prudent approach to killing or resolving the problem?
Short of ripping them out, what might yield the biggest bang for bucks
already sunk?
Thanks in advance.
Best 73 Mike K9MK/5
PS: I do intend to get up there tonight and see if these are rated for
commercial or residential lightings.
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