Help! What Is This [noise from converter] ...and How Do We Fix It July 01, 2017, 11:25:52 am 2006 (delivered Mar 07) MB...When we switch on the light over the curbside sofa there is this high-pitched whine that emanates from the converter box. It is loud.When we switch on other 12v lights, the sound diminishes, but is still clearly heard. This sound does not occur when any other light is on. The sound is somewhat light bearings when they wear out. We have changed the bulb to no effect.Anyone have a clue? The cure at the moment is to leave the light off.TinaP2006 MB "Wild Thing"...currently in her summer spot near the National Seashore, Nauset MA...where the great white sharks gather for fine dining on fat seals![added some additional description to topic title - Michelle]
Re: Help! What Is This...and How Do We Fix It Reply #1 – July 01, 2017, 11:47:22 am Fluorescent ballast going bad in the fixture, perhaps, sending electrical noise back through the 12V system to the converter?
Re: Help! What Is This [noise from converter] ...and How Do We Fix It Reply #2 – July 01, 2017, 05:15:41 pm Changing the "bulb" threw me; I wasn't thinking of a "bulb" in the the fluorescent fixture, but Michelle's answer makes sense.
Re: Help! What Is This [noise from converter] ...and How Do We Fix It Reply #3 – July 01, 2017, 06:59:36 pm So is the sound from the direction of the converter or from the florescent fixture itself? I have a few spare ballasts left over after I converted to LED lights. RonB
Re: Help! What Is This [noise from converter] ...and How Do We Fix It Reply #4 – July 01, 2017, 09:32:23 pm I'll have to check the direction of the sound tomorrow. I have gotten on my knees and listened at the converter, but didn't think of the direction of the flow of the sound. More details in the a.m. Many thanks for responses so far. My first thought was the bulb, with the second being the ballast. And we are running with the original lighting...no LEDs yet.TinaP