Protein Skimmer and LED Lighting Interference

Striped · 01/04/2018, 06:59 AM

So was having a problem with my Aqua Medic Evo 500 continually over bubbling, filling the bowl within minutes. The strange thing was that this only occured while my LED lights were operating. Originally I thought that the controller was damaged and was effectively cutting out when the light was drawing power. After a bit of experimentation and alot of time searching the web the problem became clear.

My cheap LED lighting system was emitting a large amount of EMF interference. This was identified by using an AM radio and putting it near the light. This interference was interacting with positively charged bubbles.

I mention this problem on here because I found no information on this related to aquariums. I hope this helps anyone else who may be experiencing this problem.

01/04/2018, 06:59 AM	#1
Striped Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 1	Protein Skimmer and LED Lighting Interference So was having a problem with my Aqua Medic Evo 500 continually over bubbling, filling the bowl within minutes. The strange thing was that this only occured while my LED lights were operating. Originally I thought that the controller was damaged and was effectively cutting out when the light was drawing power. After a bit of experimentation and alot of time searching the web the problem became clear. My cheap LED lighting system was emitting a large amount of EMF interference. This was identified by using an AM radio and putting it near the light. This interference was interacting with positively charged bubbles. I mention this problem on here because I found no information on this related to aquariums. I hope this helps anyone else who may be experiencing this problem.