I just installed this cheap LED with a brightness of 4600 lumen, which is really great. Now I can finally work without falling asleep.
But.
It’s humming, faintly. Which is annoying. Any ideas on how to rectify this?
Any ideas on how to rectify this?
Sounds like the LEDs are doing a great job of that already
Sign it up for music lessons?
Any specific genre? 🤔 Don’t leave me with a half assed suggestion PLEASE. 😂
barbershop quartet. Lots of humming in that genre.
Just put an envelope on it and it should decay, then you’ll get your release
…wow
Have you tried humming along with it?
It’s messing with my head because it sits RIGHT between a G and a G#. Fuck me.
Now I can finally work without falling asleep.
Err… isn’t the noisy PSU helping you achieve your goal? :P
Yes, but I don’t want to be talking to my projects saying: we are getting aggravated 💀
It may operate quietly closer to one of it’s operating temperature extremes. Have you tried heating or cooling the room? Maybe try -10 or 35°C?
Gonna try -10 tomorrow and also push that IP65 rating to its limits with a water canon. Yay or nay?
I say it never hurts to try!
The LEDs do not hum. Their power supply does. Usually, it is caused by bad coils. I’d check which one is humming, and just replace it, but this might not be a method recommendable for anyone.
Coils as in the transformer’s?
Transformers and inductors.
Get a few CRT TVs. After a while you won’t be bothered by background noise 🫠
cheap led
You answered your own question
It looks like a florescent tube, not LED, but I guess it’s just a diffuser over LEDs?
Florescent tubes can definitely make noise though…
My bathroom ceiling light was doing that also when it was installed. Then they replaced the power supply to a different kind and it stopped.
Though in this case the electician bought a wrong kind power supply - it didn’t come with the light fixture.
If you get tinnitus, this little guy won’t bother you at all.
Or it will make it worse.
