I wonder how far a bad LED bulb will radiate? Could one in the neighborhood or next door cause a lot of noise?
Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:58:26 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IRCA] Interference source- LED bulb > > I have been plagued by nasty harsh "line noise" type interference for past > couple of months . I finally decided to see if something in the house was > causing it. > > I found it pretty quickly. It was an LED lightbulb that must be going bad. I > have 2 of them in ceiling fan. > > I was amazed at how much hash this thing threw out and how much distance it > covered. It was picked up even by external antenna (inverted vee). > > I got the LED bulbs as I thought they would be radio friendly. The other one > is quiet, so something must be going wrong in the offending bulb. > > If you are using these and have mystery hash interference in the AM band, you > might check them. > > Mine was a Utilitech LA190M. A 7.5 watt bulb that replaced 60 watt > incandescent. From Lowes. Probably 2 years of use. FYI > > Russ Johnson > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
