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Can LEDS cause speaker hum?

By Dawson

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago

Just put some LEDS in the inserts of a high speed and now have a speaker hum that wasn't there before

Nothing has changed , went over my work a couple times . "It's a fricken light bulb ..right"!

Maybe it's the pulse of the "strobing effect"? Other G.I. Have gotten dimmer and pulse as well

Has this happen to anyone else.

Thanks

#4 9 years ago

They are pinball bulbs ,the non ghosting good ones. Would those make incandescent 44's in the G.I.'s dim a bit, the bulbs below the slings seems stressed , as I believe the NG type bulbs have a small resister in them?

I can live with the hum because they look so fricken good

Thanks tj

#6 9 years ago

Yeah I do not use NG type bulbs in the GI's...

And yeah I realize they do draw less power , just seems weird... Not sure why the left half I simmer then the half

#9 9 years ago

Wayout... Sorry I misspoke, I'm uneducated in proper typing skills and sometimes just talking on paper seems to be an undertaking

For the insert "controlled" lamps I always go NG , for the global I also use regular LEDs , and I always use pinball bails , I just had the best luck with them and the shipping takes a day ..

Bax, yeah good call , I need to get a couple tools to clean sockets , like a brass pipe cleaner of te right size , what do you use ? Funny the dimness is only on one side , just coincidence I'm sure ..

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