[Public-List] Radio interference problems from marine LED lighting

[R Kirk]

>From an expert associate of mine [My translation = Live with it]:



LED’s will run DC at the diode so are actually not the problem. The power supply (ballast, transformer, inverter/rectifier, etc)  would be a problem.  If boat power is DC then a good light would have a DC/DC which should not XMT at all.  A poor quality (bad design, mismatched, unshielded) power supply can cause issues.
 
Now that being said, the VHF emitter could have a resonance with wiring/circuit board of the light causing feedback.  That could happen and it would be just bad luck on a particular combination of boat, antenna, and light.  If these are mounted on top of a flat base plane (like the cover of something), then the design, frequency and spacing would all come into play on interference.  This could happen to any combo of things.  Best solution would be to shield and ground the lamp to eliminate that, but that would take some RF design knowledge.
 
I suspect the latter explanation would cause isolated and tough-to-reproduce issues hence the urban legend status.
 





-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Grosh via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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Cc: Michael Grosh <dickdurk at gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 8:07 am
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Radio interference problems from marine LED lighting

So the electromagnetic  expert engineer recommends try before you buy. Try
what? How?
Looks like to make that happen you have to  carry a vhf rig into the store,
wire up the bulb you are interested in, and play with the squelch
(mentioned further in the article).
I'm not seeing that as a viable approach.
Michael Grosh
#220

On Aug 21, 2018 9:44 PM, "Paul Wilson via Public-List" <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

An interesting piece from the American Radio Relay League, quoting the
Coast Guard. I'd be a little concerned about the masthead LEDs adjacent to
the VHF antenna.

LED lighting (as with any electronic device) is supposed to be certified as
"Part 15" compliant for spurious emissions, per FCC regulations.
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http://www.arrl.org/news/us-coast-guard-warns-of-led-lighting-interference-to-marine-radios-ais-reception

Paul (KI4PW) Slainte #129
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