Should more attention be paid to quality drivers?

robincnn

robincnn

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stardustsailor said:
same socket: Does not matter ..

Is that a sufficient test for RFI?

Depends my son...


Which band are you listening to ...
FM will be pretty much unaffected by RFI...
Check AM band ....
The whole band slowly ....
Switch on and off the lights ,couple of times while listening to AM ....

Well ?

If you can hear something ....
Anything ...

It can be 'heard'(traced) ,from some 10-20 miles away ,son ...
(at that average power of possible unprotected switching supplies ...)


And if somebody 'complains' /gets 'snowed' / spiked /buzzed /noised / covered or just simple notice the 'buzz' and notifies authorities about it ....

Bad news,will be coming right in front of your door ...
Sooner or later ..
(With a search warrant,for possible illegal /unlicenced TV/Radio station,only to discover ...leds !
With some mj plants underneath 'em ...." Big deal "...)

Check it out carefully.
Walk around your house at least at a radius of 300 yards .
Listening to radio ..AM .If there's a 'buzz '/'noise' .
.You'll be hearing harmonics also ...

If you can still hear the buzz of your light(s)
at AM band ,At 300 yards away from your house ....

Run back ,to it ...
And ...
Better to switch 'em off ,until you'll find a way to 'camo' that RFI ..
(Faraday cage-RFI/EMI foil-paint ,etc )

Take care ...
Cheers .
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I am not sure if emi comes out of led driver and escapes into the air or it comes out of the driver and goes into the ac line. Or both
If the cob and driver are enclosed in a metal case, would the metal case act as Faraday cage to block the emi. I am not sure in that case if metal foil or paint is needed in that case
I assume This however will not take care of emi that goes into the ac power line.
 
ReeferDance

ReeferDance

Well-Known Member
stardustsailor said:
Bad news,will be coming right in front of your door ...
Sooner or later ..
(With a search warrant,for possible illegal /unlicenced TV/Radio station,only to discover ...leds !
With some mj plants underneath 'em ...." Big deal "...)

Check it out carefully.
Walk around your house at least at a radius of 300 yards .
Listening to radio ..AM .If there's a 'buzz '/'noise' .
.You'll be hearing harmonics also ...


Take care ...
Cheers .
Click to expand...
Damn!

Did not think weed made me paranoid anymore haha! Took a rip and read this thread, and now you got me looking like a crazy person walking around my house with a radio. :finger:

Just need to put my tinfoil hat on now.

Better safe then sorry I guess! Thanks for all the awesome info as usual SDS.
 
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