For what it's worth, when LEDs first became affordable I thought the perfect place to try one out was in the garage door opener. With all the vibration and the constant cycling on and off every time the beam was broken an LED bulb seemed like a perfect fit. We ran into an issue immediately. When we opened the door in the morning to go to work, the controller would turn on the light bulb. The light bulb somehow clobbered the receiver so we were unable to close the garage door with the remote. We would have to get out of the car and go into the garage to use the push button then try to scamper out without breaking the beam. When we got home from work we would be able to open the door with the remote. The only time the remote didn’t work was when the the light was on. The wife was convinced the opener was going bad. I got to be the hero and fixed the opener, by replacing the light bulb. That was one of the easiest repairs I have done to that thing hi hi!
John Pitz KD8CIV On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 17:57 -0800, David Ahrendts wrote: > Thanks to all who have posted on this thread. Very informative. I have an > entire house full of Lutron dimmers — all servicing halogens — circa 2001 > design (pre-LED). And being a green guy with solar panels on the roof and > plug-in hybrid, I was considering LEDs for the whole house. Will step very > carefully now because of this discussion. Curious, does anyone have an > example of LED noise recorded? > > David Ahrendts, KK6DA (formerly KC0XT), LA > > > > On Jan 25, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Kevin Stover <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > My simple (=cheaper) solution is to get rid of the dimmers all together. > > How much is a good old fashioned light switch at the big three, $1.50, two > > buck if you want a matching switch plate. > > When we bought our house I replaced six dimmers. Didn't hear a peep from > > "she who must be obeyed". > > I have about that many CFL's to swap out for LED's. The garage fluorescents > > will be a different story. They get to stay as long as they stay radio > > quiet. > > > > On 1/25/2016 6:52 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: > >> My simple (= cheep) solution is to simply turn off > >> all dimmer controlled lights when I'm on the > >> air..... > >> For me, this is easy since there's only two in the > >> whole house! > >> > >> Charlie k3ICH > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > R. Kevin Stover > > AC0H > > ARRL > > FISTS #11993 > > SKCC #215 > > NAQCC #3441 > > > > > > > > > David Ahrendts [email protected] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
