I use Philips Hue lights through Wifi in my room and haven't had any problems---they were super easy to install and give off very cool effects.
LED dimmable lights in audio room?
I am getting ready to redo my audio room/home office.
I am going to redo the ceiling tiles in here and want to wire up some dimmable LED lights (the "can"-type ones).
I would also like to put them on a dimmer.
Any electromagnetic interference/distortion/static types of issues that you could foresee doing that?
Just wondered if anyone has done this before.
Thanks in advance.
I am going to redo the ceiling tiles in here and want to wire up some dimmable LED lights (the "can"-type ones).
I would also like to put them on a dimmer.
Any electromagnetic interference/distortion/static types of issues that you could foresee doing that?
Just wondered if anyone has done this before.
Thanks in advance.
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I've used leds with both dimmers and sound activation. None of the buzzing, humming I get with dimmers and incandescent bulbs. There will be rfi emanating from transformer/power supply, move it away from sensitive audio equipment. I often take measurements with my Trifield meter, certainly many pockets of rfi, some comes from audio components. I see quite a bit from linear power supplies. As Carbonmiller stated, you'll never be rid of rfi. |
The problem with dimmer switches is that they control the level using pulse wave modulation (PWM). The circuit is rapidly switched on and off to modulate the amount of power passing through. This generates a lot of radio frequency noise. Lutron (a manufacturer of dimmer switches) has this note about using a filter to reduce RFI noise: https://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/360484.pdf |
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