Driver that messes with my TV signal.

I have a driver that actually messes up my TV reception. Does anyone know how this is possible? It’s not cable or satellite. It’s local channels that I get with an antenna.

The driver is a 38mm Side-Switch CC 5000mA 0-100% LED Driver, 5-18v, SST50 from Lck-led.

http://www.lck-led.com/38mm-side-switch-5000ma-driver-sst50-p-1102.html?cPath=135

The driver is in a courrui big head flashlight with an XP-G2. It also doesn’t work correctly. The dim function will not stay correctly. I can also get it to go into three mode and there are blinkies available too.

Is this some kind of short?

As for the TV obviously it’s not a big deal I just find it curious and wondered if anyone else has ever had this happen.

One of my early bike lights used to play havoc with the cycle computer when on any setting below max.

I made the battery lead shorter and put a ferrite ring on the lead…problem solved. I guess the pwm was causing rfi and the battery lead was acting as an aerial.

Thanks for the reply. That is interesting to know that I’m not the only one. It’s funny how these things happen. I have a few guitar amps that once in a while pick up radio sometimes truckers and sometimes music. Odd.

i used to have a usb drive that when plugged in would disconnect my pc from wifi… LOL.

A few miles from where I grew up was a longwave transmitting station. I will never forget walking along beside a barbed wire fence near the station and hearing the fence acting as a ‘radio’….

And no, I had not been drinking alcohol :slight_smile:

Well that’s not good.

Are you sure it wasn’t something else? :wink: :wink: :bigsmile:

What input voltage? If it's still set up with the stock 3P cell layout, the driver will partially work but not be very happy. I've tested mine with up to 4S and it was fine.

3S I rewired the battery carrier so they are in series.

maybe the driver emitting some kind of frequency that interrupt your tv signal,i remember when using a two way radio in living room and my tv turn from off to on and sometimes it change the channel by itself :~

same happen with every AC drivers too (85-240V input drivers for led lamps)
It caused huge RFI with VHF band, little RFI for UHF and completely jammed nearby FM radios