Re: CFL's & Electronic Ballast bad???

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

My guess is he was talking about a commercial installation. Newer
high-efficiency electronic ballasts used with straight fluorescent tube
lights can put out a lot of EMI/RFI but these are not all rated for
residential use (per the FCC).

While there have been many reports of conducted CFL noise interfering with
X-10 and Insteon lights, I haven't seen any reports of radiated noise
causing significant interference to radio reception or blocking IR remotes.
Of course, given the lack of enforcement of FCC technical rules, it's always
possible that there may be some CFLs that do put out high levels of EMI and
RFI.

Anything that meets FCC Class B limits (residential) should be OK and most
CFLs are probably rated for residential use.

http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/literature_library/ballast/downloads/71881_resi_proline_T8.pdf

"ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Looking for a little insight.  I heard today from an electrician that there
>is some issue with CFL's and Electronic Ballast in that they are causing
>reception problems with radios.
>
>What he has told me is that at some another location after installing some
>new lights that use electronic ballast, the employees there cannot get the
>radio to pull in any stations with out turning off the lights.  He said that
>he has heard that CFL's do the same thing.
>
>Soooooooooooooooo since this is the first time I have heard of this I
>thought I would post the query here.  Because if anybody know anything about
>this phenomenon somebody here will post back some input.
>
>It is very possible that this is well known and I did not get the
>memo................................
>
>So the floor is open for discussion.
>
>Thanks in advance to all.
>
>Les
>


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