Author Topic: Household LED Lamps cause RFI on shortwave  (Read 5265 times)

AB1BE

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Household LED Lamps cause RFI on shortwave
« on: April 09, 2012, 09:57:32 AM »
From YCCC, here's an excellent video by the German Amateur Radio Club (DARC) about RFI from the new LED lamps (aka LED 'Light bulbs').

Check it out around 11:30 mins.  Whole thing is excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zMhjXcmoA

Makes you think twice about using LED residential lamps. Perhaps food for thought for some ML experiments.  :)

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Ken AB1BE

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Re: Household LED Lamps cause RFI on shortwave
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 05:13:53 AM »
Thanks Ken,

Very interesting, I posted a video response (to be approved) to his video.

Cheers,
Martin.
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Re: Household LED Lamps cause RFI on shortwave
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2012, 02:08:56 PM »
Here is the ballast output for a common electronic ballast. Not terribly clean RF wise, and as it is SELV there will not likely be any RF shielding used on the wiring.

http://mjlorton.com/forum/index.php?topic=143.0