[Lowfer] Government Mandated Noise ???

[riese-k3djc at juno.com]

lies , lies , lies,, there noisy the government is forcing you to use
them ( they cause infertility )
all to promote free trade,, whats next removal of analogue TV

HAR

Bob K3DJC



On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:00:33 -0500 "Richard Goodman" <wa3usg at comcast.net>
writes:
> I've had my hamshack illuminated for the last 22 years with five 
> fluorescent
> grid light fixtures, each fixture has two 48 watts lamps, no 
> different in
> noise level on any frequency from 10 KHz through 30 MHz with them on 
> or off.
> I've just replaced all the incandescent bulbs in my house with the 
> new
> fluorescent screw in ones and have found no increase in noise level 
> at all.
> I started by installing just one in the hamshack. When I noticed no 
> noise
> increase, I went around and replaced all the other bulbs. It took 
> about 30
> lamps to do the job. I found of the 30 lamps, 3 were DOA out of the 
> box, and
> one failed a couple of days later. Lowes replaced them all for free. 
>  I
> really like the light given off by them, a very pleasing color 
> balance. I
> was under the impression that they wouldn't start if it was cold, 
> but I have
> one in my unheated garage and it starts fine even with the 
> temperature in
> the garage in the low 30's. It gives off the light of a 150 watt 
> bulb but
> only consumes 27 watts.
> 
> If they last only half as long as their claimed 7 year life, they 
> are a
> deal. Best thing is they take about 20% of the energy that a 
> incandescent
> bulb of the same brightness would use. Several years ago, I built a 
> lighting
> fixture for our living room that runs along the top of a bookcase 
> that
> extends all the way across the back of the living room. I used 
> eight, 60
> watt bulbs in it. It provides nice indirect lighting and illuminates 
> the
> room very pleasantly. If we sat on the sofa to read however, we 
> still needed
> to turn on a bit of additional lighting. Replacing the 60 watt bulbs 
> with
> fluorescents, the power draw went from 480 watts to 104 watts ... 
> and it's
> noticeably brighter. We can read fine by just them alone.
> 
> I bet a good portion of our electrical power consumption is taken  
> by
> incandescent lighting. If everyone replaced them, I bet you could 
> see a
> substantial difference on the meters monitoring the grid. Back to 
> the bottom
> line however, I notice absolutely no additional RF noise them ... 
> and I've
> listened & visually looked for it with my SDR-IQ.
> 
> I wonder if you just got some bad ones. I have heard that they have 
> a high
> failure rate out of the box (which I have experienced).There are 
> several
> manufacrurers making them, I wonder if some are better then others. 
> I'd try
> dirrerent ones. One thing I was thinking about however. In the 
> Winter, the
> incandescents probably help with your heating somewhat .... when you 
> switch,
> your oil or gas bill will probably go up a little.
> 
> 73
> Dick, WA3USG
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Andy Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:18 PM
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Lowfer] Government Mandated Noise ???
> 
> 
> Have you ever tried to listen to your reciever with a
> flourescent light turned on nearby? Most of us know
> the noise that's generated by the " Energy Conserving
> " flourescent bulbs. Now imagine what it would be like
> trying to listen if every bulb in your home, and your
> neighbors home were flourescent; It could turn out to
> be a radio noise nightmare. This is a definite
> possibility now; due to the energy bill that was
> enacted in Dec. 2007, which will phase out all
> consumer incandescent light bulbs , in favor of the
> more energy efficient bulbs such as the flourescent,
> by the year 2014. The noise that will be generated by
> these soon to be ( overseas ) mass produced, as cheap
> as possible, cut all corners devices, may well become
> the low band radio operators nightmare. Of course
> there will be alternatives to flourescent lights, but
> in general, whatever is the cheapest, is what the
> average consumer will buy. What type of noise filter
> will we have to build next ???
> Jumpin down off the soapbox now::::
> 73 to all: Andy - KU4XR
> 
> 
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