Fluorescent E-lamps interfere with my wireless intercoms.

[Stan Hilliard]

In my home, I have switched some of my incandescent light bulbs to
Fluorescent E-lamps like GE FLE26HT3/2/SW. They apparently work use a
"high frequency or RF magnetic field to create a time varying electric
field which in turn drives a discharge which is very similar to the
discharge in an ordinary fluorescent lamp."

I also have Westinghouse wireless intercoms WHI-4C which work through
the household wiring. I use them to communicate between basement,
first floor, and second floor. They have four frequency settings: 230,
260, 290, 200KHz. I have them set to 260KHz.

Some of intercoms fail to work, which seems to be related to being
plugged onto the same circuit as an E-lamp. When I switch the E-lamp
bulb to an incandescent one the intercom works.

Is there any way to make E-lamps compatible with the wireless
intercoms?

Advice will be appreciated, Stan Hilliard

 

[Jerry G.]

You should use a completely different circuit for both, and maybe they may
not clash. The harmonics from the E-Lamps are too close to that of the
intercom. The other solution is to get a much more expensive intercom system
that works in the UHF bands, if you want wireless. The most reliable
intercoms are wired station to station.

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"Stan Hilliard" <usenetreplyUM@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in message
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In my home, I have switched some of my incandescent light bulbs to
Fluorescent E-lamps like GE FLE26HT3/2/SW. They apparently work use a
"high frequency or RF magnetic field to create a time varying electric
field which in turn drives a discharge which is very similar to the
discharge in an ordinary fluorescent lamp."

I also have Westinghouse wireless intercoms WHI-4C which work through
the household wiring. I use them to communicate between basement,
first floor, and second floor. They have four frequency settings: 230,
260, 290, 200KHz. I have them set to 260KHz.

Some of intercoms fail to work, which seems to be related to being
plugged onto the same circuit as an E-lamp. When I switch the E-lamp
bulb to an incandescent one the intercom works.

Is there any way to make E-lamps compatible with the wireless
intercoms?

Advice will be appreciated, Stan Hilliard