[RFI] Florescent TUBE style, LED replacements

[Kim Elmore]

Nope, rewording not needed. They're made to be drop-in replacements. $9.99 each at my local Home Depot. They will coexist with a standard T8 on the other side of the fixture; I plan to replace all of mine with LEDs progressively. 

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jun 7, 2016, at 14:08, Mike Schwendeman <mike at s3com.net> wrote:
> 
> OK on all, Kim;
> 
> The PHILLIPS brand sounds possibly more expensive, is my only thought. (I have seen off-brand and therefore lower cost units from China...)
> 
> In my case, I have six double-lamp units in my shop, and I sense no FRI from a ballast or the lamps. (In answer to your observation of the ballasts being a source of RFI noise.)
> 
> I had read of the need to re-wire the fixture; In the case of your Phillips units, this was not needed?  If so, this is nice!
> 
> 73;   -Mike-   K0JTA
> 
>> On 6/7/16 1:42 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> I have some Phillips LED tubes as drop in replacements for T8 tubes. All are quiet. It's the ballasts that are problematic. In my case, they're quiet, too.
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>> 
>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 13:16, Mike Schwendeman <mike at s3com.net <mailto:mike at s3com.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good day all;
>>> 
>>> I have been seeing more REPLACEMENT LAMPS for my shop's 4-foot florescent lamps, with the replacement being of the LED design. (-Same lumen levels, lots lower power consumption, extremely long lamp life expectancy are the selling points.)
>>> 
>>> I have read of several folks that had noise issues with under-counter LED strings, in which the source of the noise was the DC power supply for the strings of LEDs.
>>> 
>>> How are the LED replacements for standard 4-foot florescent lamps, as for noise or RFI generation?  (Any advice?)
>>> 
>>> Thank you, and 73;  -Mike-  K0JTA
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