Revamping my reloading room lighting. Will LED lighting affect my electronic scale ?

Paul K

LED I don't think will be an issue. I've heard of florescent ballast causing issues.

I have LED lighting above my lock and load dispenser...no effect on it at all.

Thank You :
I knew florescent lights will effect them but wasn't sure about LED's. I know my Lyman case tumbler effects it big time. It drove me crazy for a while, of coarse, that has always been a short drive for me.

Paul

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Originally posted by Paul K:
Thank You :
I knew florescent lights will effect them but wasn't sure about LED's.

Paul

Fluorescent lighting MAY effect your scale, but it may not. I have fluorescent lights over my electronic scale and have never had a problem. I chalk it up to not believing everything posted on the internet.

One thing it WILL do, is brighten up your
working area.

Hung a double 4' over my lathe. WOW the difference!

George

+1 on george

replaced 8 of the 18 fluorescent fixtures in my shop--less than half the current draw and seems twice as bright
These were 8' lamps and I needed to pull out the ballasts and direct wire the LED's into the lolders but it is well worth the effort--more light, less electricity used, NO ballasts to crap out and an expected life of 50,000 hours.
Things calculate out to 12 YEARS OF USE IF I LEAVE THEM ON 12 HOURS A DAY
Given my current age and anticipated use I suspect my heirs will be replacing them -not me

I just did a LED retrofit in the two bulb 4' hanging over my bench. Took all of 5 minutes. Wish I would have done it a long time ago. Much brighter, better quality light, and no hum.

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I just did a LED retrofit in the two bulb 4' hanging over my bench. Took all of 5 minutes.

What does the retrofit involve?? Where did you get the kit for the conversion?

Most electrical supply shops will have them. Essentially it comes with a driver, and two four foot LED strips that are all magnetic backed. Remove the ballast and tubes from the fixture, and pop the driver and strips in.

Heres a link to what I have.

https://www.erglighting.com/retrofit-kits/

No.

They are getting cheaper. I replace the shoplight over my loading bench with an LED fixture 3 years ago and it was $140 bucks if my memory serves me.

I was looking for another to replace in the laundry room, and the same light is now less than $60 bucks. The only remaining fluorescent int eh house is on the kitchen, and that will get replaced with LED's in the near future as well.