[Boatanchors] CFLs

[Lloyd Godsey]

Well,,,,,,,,,, my wife had one go out in her 3 way lamp  (14 watt). We had 
bought a 6 pack on sale at Home Depot. One had been used out of the pack, 
apparently without problems. She got the new pack of bulbs down and replaced 
the bad one. 5 bulbs later we decided the entire pack was bad. Tried them in 
other lamps same thing. Anybody know a cheap shipper to china?
Thanx
Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145
www.kk7iz-parts.com
www.lloydsdipsydumpster.com/

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From: "Charles Ring" <w3nu at roadrunner.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:42 PM
To: <Troglodite at aol.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] CFLs

> I never had any of the early CFLs, but the current design ones don't
> cause any RFI that I have seen. They light instantly and give good
> light. RFI was one of my worries about them, so I took a Walkman radio
> to a friend's apartment, switched it to AM, and heard RFI only when I
> put it right up to the CFL. None even 1-2 feet away.
>
> Nonetheless, I am stocking up on incandescent bulbs.
>
> 73 de W3NU
>
>
>
> On 12/30/2010 11:34 AM, Troglodite at aol.com wrote:
>> One thing no one has mentioned that I have encountered is RFI from CFL's.
>> Perhaps the newer ones are better, but some generate noise all the way up
>> into  the GHz region. I cannot use one in the lamp that sits next to my 
>> home
>> wireless  phone system, as it operates marginally when near the CFL. It 
>> runs
>> at 2.4GHz or  thereabouts. Now it may be that some lower frequency 
>> component
>> is interfering  with the phone's processor, I don't know for sure.
>>
>> I also pick up noise on several communications receivers if there are 
>> CFL's
>>   in the same room. Has anyone else noticed this?
>>
>> Doug Moore kb9tmy
>>
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