General Electric makes the world's ****tiest lighting products. I've
been using compact fluorescents for 20 years and will occasionally run
into a noisy one, but it's very rare.

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:44:15 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:

In article ,
David wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:02:39 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:

I purchased some GE brand compact fluorescents recently and on the card
in the packaging has a warning.

... "This product complies with Part 18 of the FCC Rules but may
cause interference to radios, televisions, wireless telephones, and
remote controls. Avoid placing this product near these devices.
If interference occurs, move product away from the device or
plug either into a different outlet. Do not install this product
near maritime safety equipment or other critical navigation or
communications equipment operating between .45 - 30 MHz. ..."

The remote control interference is optical, not RF.

Yea, I guess GE doesn't think the user cares what the real cause is,
or they just wanted to cram as much in the fine print as possible.

But, for this newsgroup, the key sentence was the last one. I do have to
go around and shut off some of these lights if I'm trying to get a good
copy on a weak signal. Often it isn't the one closest to the antenna.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident