[RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

[Ray Walters]

Personally I love my latest LED lights.  They have gotten substantially 
better just in the past year.  We have some 8 watt units in our kitchen 
that illuminate just like a 35 watt halogen, beautiful color rendition, 
not that blue they used to have.
I especially like my new 1000 lumen spotlight that lights up brighter 
than a car head light in a package slightly larger than the old mini mag 
flash lights.
However, I have no experience with ham radio, or theRF interference 
issue.  We're WiFi, and cell at our house.  I do some audio recording, 
etc. and haven't noticed any extra buzz from the several LEDs I have in 
my basement studio.

Ray

On 2/9/2012 4:54 PM, toddcory at finestplanet.com wrote:
>
> i have some personal experience with led light bulbs. i put them 
> outside because the cfl floodlights are very s-l-o-w to warm up to 
> full brightness.
>
> 1) leds are still slightly less efficient (lumens per watt) than cfl's
>
> 2) led light bulbs (2 different brands) throw out an ungodly amount of 
> rfi... want to listen to a conversation on the 2 meter ham radio or 
> listen to a weak fm broadcast station or watch channel 6 on the 
> tee-vee? go shut off the led lights off first.
>
> my conclusion? led light bulbs are not ready for prime time.
>
> todd (still using my 25+ year old phillips dulux cfls)
>
> On Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:44pm, "Jim MacDonald" 
> <jmac at solaresystems.com> said:
>
> Hello wrenches
>
> I am in Central America and looking to suggest customers buy efficient 
> LEDs for illumination in their 120V-wired homes, connected to local 
> power grids with less-than-desirable power quality.
>
> I see that so many manus claim long life for the LEDs, in the tens of 
> thousands of hours, yet so few if any back it up with a decent warranty.
>
> Folks are hesitant to make this investment, believing that voltage 
> surges or dips could destroy the LEDs.
>
> Has anyone heard of LED lights' lives ending prematurely due to grid 
> events?
>
> Would inline surge protectors [something small to be installed 
> immediately downstream of the breaker in the home's main panel) be 
> helpful, and if so, does anyone have any recommended brands?
>
> thanks
>
> Jim MacDonald
>
>
>
>
> Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.
>
>
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