LED Bulbs

my head just exploded

Sounds like you have electrical problems.

I installed LEDs from this place several years ago and have never had any problems like you are describing.

Yea some cheap LED bulbs can interfere with TV and radio signals.

icl39 wrote:
I just installed new LED bulbs. Turn light on the TV goes off.

Some LEDs have built in electronic regulators which tend to emit a lot of radio interference (RFI) which often interferes with TV and radio signals..

That tends to blank out the screen but not power off the TV.. but if you mean the TV is powering off then the alternate possibility is the LED light is emitting light way past the visible light and into Infrared which your TV remotes work in..

LED lights are a hit or miss type of thing, some work and some don't.. Some interfere and some don't..

Quality is all over the map and depending on where you got them from you most likely will end up tossing them out and buying some from a more reputable source..

You might wish to expand your description..

groundhogy wrote:
my head just exploded

lol

"Turn light on the TV goes off."

Sounds like a good plan to me!

For some unknown reason at the time, my TV kept going off last night - please stop it...

Yah thats normal, to turn the tv back on you need to turn on the radio then. Use the dvd to turn everything off

icl39 wrote:
I just installed new LED bulbs. Turn light on the TV goes off.

If the TV goes off it's not interference as some suggested. Interference causes the TV to lose or weaken a signal.

Did you try putting the original lights back and see what happens? My guess it's a short and even then it's two systems 12v and 110v? If all is ok then replace one LED at a time a verify if the TV is affected after each installation of LED light.

Nearly every led in my coach is using a switching regulator and I have no reception issues with tv or radio (now that I wired my tv antenna correctly). some switchers I built myself, other are the honorable finest quality China's best has to offer.

I would strongly suspect some other power issue before blaming the switching regulator for the TV's troubles.

Here are 0.5 amp regulators (~6 watts) based on a SMPS chip running at about 300khz (hence the huge inductor). they power three Philips Lumiled "rebel" leds, replacing a feeble 921 type bulb (two per fixture typically)