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On Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:47:01 -0400, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 3 Jun 2019 21:26:48 -0700, Bob F
wrote:

On 6/3/2019 11:18 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 3 Jun 2019 06:15:07 -0400, Biff Tannen
wrote:

On 6/2/19 9:18 AM, micky wrote:
I've been listening to a weak FM radio station, on a radio, and 2 feet
away was a desk lamp. It used a CFL and I noticed static or some kind
of interference in the reception. It could be lessened by changing the
frequency a little, but the result was still less volume than when the
light was off.

So I figured, LEDs! They won't make interference. Bought Ecosmart.
Then the radio hummed so loud I couldn't hear the station at all.

I will probably go back to incandescent. Any other way to get rid of
the hum?


Probably expensive but if the lievertising is to be believed, these might fix your problem.

https://www.geniecompany.com/garage-...ight-bulb.aspx

It's $19/2 of them, at Home Depot and Amazon, and Amazon has one for
almost $10. Thanks. Expensive but a good idea.

Bob, there's one other bulb in the package. I'll try that


Another model or brand is more likely to make the needed difference.


You're right. I put the noisy LED bulb in the ceiling fixture and now
it's about 5 feet from the radio and doesn't interfere at all.

It's called "daylight" and at 100 eq. watts it gave a very strange
appearance to the room. I'll probably get used to it. They didn't
have anohter low-cost LED at HDepot and ... I'll probably get used to
it. After all, it's "daylight".

Had a batch of cheap LED bulbs at the office - close to a remote
control ceiling fan. With the lights on the remote didn't work. Would
not have been a problem but the fan power was switched with the lights
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