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Old 19th Nov 2017, 1:18 pm   #27
G6Tanuki
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Default Re: Workshop: LED replacements for flourescent tubes.

Interesting that some people are praising classic fluorescents for their low RFI: my experience is that they can be quite RF-noisy! (I used to have to depend on HF/VHF antennas in the loft only a few feet away from inductive-ballast 8-footers).

Personally I'm now a great fan of LEDs: they're efficient, cheap, and now available with decent colour-temperature (6000K plus) which beats 'daylight' fluorescents/CFLs into a cocked hat.

Cheap LEDs can be problematic: I've had several of the 10-Watt GU10 type where the series-dropper cap has puked its guts out after a year or so, but even so that's probably longer than a 60W GU10 Halogen (costing about the same) would have lasted. And yes there are some brands of LED that generate RFI but like I said, I've had fluorescents do the same ...
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