New LED shop lights interfering with radio!! Electricians???

[S Sidwell]

Talked to my bro, he said get better bulbs. Seeing UL never tested them they can get by with cheaper components and they cause problems. Halo makes good LED lights.

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[exSW]

It's the bulbs. Sometimes a transformer will do it also. Had this issue with RR radios. First generation LED's in hand lanterns messed up handhelds. Step down voltage transformers for retro mounted roof A/C units on locos also.

 

[srb08]

A ferrite choker is a magnet shaped like a donut. You wrap your power cord through it three or four turns.

 

[Dub11]

Bump, are you jamming to tunes again?

 

[lohan808]

I have a couple of options for that. Been doing electrical and signaling for a few decades. Your lights likely don't meet fcc guidelines for electrical interference. The power drivers in the led tubes are pulse width modulated (electronic) and don't have proper shielding built in. Try using ferrite donuts at the supply side of the fixtures. If you have old magnetic ballasts in the fixtures, the return harmonic on the neutral wire is where you are getting the static.

 

[vivaldi]

I’d also suggest you get some better bulbs. Maybe the ones that are UL tested and approved. We didn’t know about this kind of testing in my last workplace. There were also some interferences with the radio, which didn’t feel cool. I even thought that it could not be safe for our health. That’s why we’ve just decided to buy some Led strip lights instead. Something like these ones https://www.vont.com/product/smart-strip-lights-led-strip-lights/. It wasn’t a bad idea since we don’t need much light working on our computers.

 

[Lnk]

Any electrical device that may cause spurious emissions doesn't get approval by UL. Fcc part 15 covers this. Ferrite cores will only help if the supply lines are causing the interference. Which I doubt, those led bulbs are pulse width modulated. They have circuitry in the bulb that is controlling light output.

It is the bulbs. The ac 60hz was not causing problems with the flourescent lights. I wouldn't waste time on the cores. Return them and get better bulbs.

 

[jeff roberts]

Any luck ? I have the same issue. I tried outdoor antenna, different electric circuit, and fm filters on power cords with no difference

 

[legdelimber]

Was in the Olie's store and I picked up one of those el-cheapo, three paddle fold out lights.
'Bout 8 bucks, I think.
Lit up the bathroom nice for beard trimming time.
But it nearly wipes out the digital F.M. radio reception also.

Had Been getting the same radio (but weaker) interference off and on for awhile (at night) but then it had stopped a few months later.
Looking down the street, realize I don't see the anymore of those noticeably flickering L.E.D. bulbs in the neighbors porch lights now either.
To think about it for a moment, seems the radio noise did seem to go away around when I quit seeing the those lights.

I may try finding another one with some sort of electrical noise suppression rating, at another time.

 

[jeff roberts]

There is a youtube video of a guy adding these ac line filters on each side of the fixture (they plug into each other at the end) to fix the issue.