[RFI] compact fluorescent bulbs

[Charles Gallo]

Heck, even in NYC it gets cold enough

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73 de KG2V
Charlie

> On Dec 16, 2019, at 8:18 AM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It gets cold enough in Oklahoma winter to make CFLs a bad garage choice here, also!  Voice of experience.
> 
> 73 de Mac, K2GKK/5​
> Since 30 Nov 1953​
> Oklahoma City, OK​
> USAF, Retired ('61-'81)​
> FAA, Retired ('94-'10)
> 
> ________________________________
> From: RFI <rfi-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Dale Johnson <dj2001x at comcast.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 05:24
> To: Charles Coldwell <coldwell at gmail.com>
> Cc: RFI RFI <rfi at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] compact fluorescent bulbs
> 
> I have never had RFI issues with CFL’s or LED light bulbs, except as noted below, in fact I use two in the shack for lighting the desk.  I have had failures though.  They both get pretty hot at the base to the point the plastic gets brown and eventually the glass loosens up.  I just had a LED failure a couple weeks ago, it started to flicker and the base was loose, that bulb was only about a year old.
> 
> The CFL’s don’t work very well in our cold winters, I tried them out in the garage and they didn’t come on in the cold.  On the other hand I have LED shop lights and they work in the cold, just don’t daisy chain them because then they really put out RF noise.  By that I mean plug one shop light into another.  I plug each one into separate outlets.
> 
> Dale, K9VUJ
> 
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