[cfgeeks] [kd5nwa@sbcglobal.net: Re: [qrp-l.org] OT: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in 2012?]

[Kevin P. Inscoe]

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From: kd5nwa <kd5nwa at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [qrp-l.org] OT: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in   2012?


My whole house has nothing but those lights inside and outside and 
I'm not having noise issues related to them, they are GE brand. But 
once I had one that was bad, it was the same brand as the others but 
was a HF nightmare, I tossed it. I have been using them for over 3 
years and all but three light bulbs are the original light bulbs.

The one problem with them is that the super bright versions (150W 
equivalent) can not be used in any position but upright so I can't 
use them on ceiling fans. Otherwise the  100W equivalent models work 
fine, and I can see a $25 difference in my monthly bill, in two 
months all the bulbs were paid for and I was getting ahead.

I started using them in a house in the country where I had 
underground power and the location was incredibly quiet, after 
replacing the light bulbs I saw no difference.



At 04:06 PM 1/31/2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
>Peter and Chris;
>
>     I bought just two of the GE compact 8,000 hour fluorescents that
>replace a standard 100 Watt incandescent and while doing so I listened
>to 80 and 10 meters for any noise. I heard zip! I then bought 10 more
>for the whole house since a 100 Watt fluorescent draws just 23 watts of
>power and again I hear no increase in noise.
>
>     It's my opinion that everyone should be using these lights. They are
>expensive but lasting 8,000 hours they work out cheaper than
>incandescent lamps. And if anyone has found a RF noisy one I would like
>to know about it.
>
>72/73 Karl K5DI
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Peter Burbank wrote:
> > At 03:54 PM 1/31/2007, Chris Trask wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> Remind me not to put up any antennas there if this goes through! Those
> >>> little buggers cause me nothing but problems. I keep driving them out of
> >>> the house, but the people I live with keep bringing them right back. You
> >>> should have heard the racket on the radio when they tried to use one
> >>> with a dimmer!
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > Chris,
> > I have about 6 of these in use around the house and they are all
> > quiet RFI wise.
> > I don't have any dimmer circuits since that's just asking for RFI.
> > Is it possible that the problems are related to use on dimmer
> > circuits only or is
> > it dependent on the particular brand?
> > 73 Pete NV4V
> >
> >
> >
>
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