[RFI] RFI, Florescent Lights and LEDs

[Roger (K8RI)]

We've gone the route:  Replaced the incandescents with CFLs.  Their 
price came down and lifetime went up.  We've replaced the CFLs with 
LEDs  which are becoming reasonably priced.  The basement has been 4' 
fluorescents  since we moved here 32 years ago.  I can replace those 
with LEDs with little work. I don't have any need for variable output, 
but I do need a minimum of 110,000 Lumens for the shop.  It's wired so I 
can run portions, or all of the shop.  Normal, is all on.

The interior of the shop, walls and ceiling are bonded barn metal with a 
baked on white finish.  Whether working with the machine tools,  
computer wiring and assembly, or ham equipment, I really appreciate the 
light and finish out there.

OTOH replacing the 11 8' 2 tube fixtures in the shop would be a major 
undertaking in labor and money

I've noted some of this thread, and e-mails to me have been showing up 
in other folders, so some doesn't get answered in a timely fashion. So I 
apologize for some of the late replies.

73

Roger  (K8RI)



On 4/9/2016 Saturday 10:53 AM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> There are various brands carried by HD and Lowe's. What brand did you use?
>
> Kim N5OP
>
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>> On Apr 8, 2016, at 16:29, Gary Smith via RFI <rfi at contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> Read the thread on LED vs florescent bulbs, went to Home Despot, purchased one of the 1700 lumen led plugins.
>> Dropped two s units of noise for $50.00 and change.
>> Bux well spent.
>>
>> Gary...wa6fgi
>>
>>> On 4/7/2016 2:34 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>>> I started replacing our CFLs and other lights in our home with LEDs some time ago. The
>>> overall noise level DROPPED when I had replaced about half of those here.
>>>
>>> I have the old standard flourescent lights in my shack, but have had minimal noise from
>>> those. However, they are quite old and have the older linear type ballasts in them.
>>>
>>> I recently went down to the local hardware store to try to buy some replacement lamps for
>>> those, and found that they are no longer being made.
>>>
>>> In the very near future, when I have to replace the F-20-T-12 lamps here, which I can no
>>> longer get, I'll switch over to the LED types.
>>>
>>> Ken W7EKB
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