LED Lights in Reloading Room ?

[Skeetman59]

I’m reloading in a spare bedroom. I needed better lighting so I took out the ceiling fan and replaced it with a 4 panel LED light fixture. The extra light is great.

My newbie question is will the LED light affect my Charge Master’s scale? I have 3 Charge Master Lites and just got the Creedmoor Sports scale.

I was loading some .308 ammo this evening and the Charge Master seemed to be drifting when I weighed each charge against the Creedmoor scale that I just got. I used to use an RCBS 5-0-5 scale wanted to upgrade my powder scale and the Creedmoor fit my budget.

I ended throwing a lighter charge and just trickled up with the Dandy trickler.

Thanks for your help. I apologize if this is a stupid question.

 

[Big_Daddy]

LED's are fine!

 

[Hoot]

LED's are fine!

Yeah, I have my man cave lit up like a surgical theater with LED lights and it doesn't bother my digital scale. Now on the other hand, having my cell phone in the same room does cause it to jitter around zero. No loss. I'm not one of those people (wifey) with a phone grafted to one hand anyway.

Hoot

 

[kd4avp]

Just built a loading shop and its totally LED lit. Does not bother a thing. Plus I Iove the volume of light it gives over traditional lights.

 

[PatMiles]

If you think the LED's might be causing a problem turn them off and see if the problem goes away. Easy peasy.

 

[Skeetman59]

Thanks Gents! I did have my phone on the bench very close to the CM and the new Creedmoor scale.

I’ll leave the phone in the den and see what happens.

 

[shoot4fun]

I have nothing but LED lighting in my reloading room and, as I use a Auto Throw V3, I use my phone to control it.
Absolutely no issues.

 

[acloco]

How close was your cell phone to the scales? They are constantly sending and receiving. Definitely will mess with electronic scales.

 

[JimSC]

when was the last time you saw a hospital/laboratory/pharmacy with incandescent lights or kerosene lamps? All sorts of sensitive electronics in those

 

[Richard Jones]

Rifle -- $2000
Scope -- $1500
Scale -- $300-750
Reloading Accessories, dies, powder, bullets, PRIMERS, etc. -- $1-25k+
Surge Suppressor/Noise Filter Receptacle -- $50

Hmmmmmmm.........

 

[Rick300]

I have nothing but LED lighting in my reloading room and, as I use a Auto Throw V3, I use my phone to control it.
Absolutely no issues.

Same here. I have a 4 foot LED shop light directly over my reloading bench

 

[Rick300]

How close was your cell phone to the scales? They are constantly sending and receiving. Definitely will mess with electronic scales.

I normally have my cell phone within a couple feet of the scale while throwing powder (V3). I also am usually using bluetooth to listen to podcasts or Pandora and haven't noticed any issues. Maybe the Tripplite line conditioner is the reason?

 

[Jester560]

Same here. I have a 4 foot LED shop light directly over my reloading bench

So do I! Works great and has no effects on my powder dispenser.

 

[nmkid]

I went LED about 6 months ago. I also use the Tripp Lite Isobar for the scale and a whole-house Surge Suppressor. No problems whatsoever.

 

[Richard Jones]

How close was your cell phone to the scales? They are constantly sending and receiving. Definitely will mess with electronic scales.

OK, no disrespect intended, that's not me. What about the Chargemaster Link? We're using an app with the scale. Have there been reports of that scale messing up when using the app?

Just trying to learn here, as always.

Rich

 

[BP1]

I had a electrician tell me LED lights cause cancer, and I said in all 50 states or just California?

 

[Rope2horns]

I had a electrician tell me LED lights cause cancer, and I said in all 50 states or just California?

 

[itchyTF]

There was previous discussion about this in the past with inconclusive results, so to be safe I converted my 3 LED lights to DC (they come with a switcher). Built my own 48v linear supply. Maybe it wasn’t necessary but did it anyway.

 

[BP1]

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That’s pretty much the look I got.

 

[acloco]

OK, no disrespect intended, that's not me. What about the Chargemaster Link? We're using an app with the scale. Have there been reports of that scale messing up when using the app?

Just trying to learn here, as always.

Rich

Depends on the scale. If designed to use an app on a cell phone, imagine the chargemaster, should be, insulated.

Have a couple of Pacts and Hornady - both hate cell phones in proximity.