{"id":45481,"date":"2010-06-20T21:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T21:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=45481"},"modified":"2010-06-20T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T21:46:11","slug":"low-voltage-bul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/low-voltage-bul\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Voltage Bulbs are Humming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just had a bendable track system put in with three pendants hanging and 3 art spots.  Highest quality low voltage dimmer installed.  The mr16 bulbs used in the art spots (Sylvania 37w) buzz and hum like crazy (not the transformer; not the dimmer&#8230;the bulbs).  Based on what I could find so far, I tried a lower watt bulb (20w) by GE.  Buzz was significantly less, but so was the light&#8230;.too dim for the art.  Tried the 35w by GE and the buzz is better than the Sylvania brand, but still there, and still unacceptable.  Anyone have luck with a particular brand of bulb?  Any other solutions?  I understand what is happening and why it is happening&#8230;I just don&#8217;t know how to fix it!  Arrghhh!  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just had a bendable track system put in with three pendants hanging and 3 art spots. Highest quality low voltage dimmer installed. The mr16 bulbs used in the art spots (Sylvania 37w) buzz and hum like crazy (not the transformer; not the dimmer&#8230;the bulbs). Based on what I could find so far, I tried a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-45481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lighting"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/low-voltage-bul\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Low Voltage Bulbs are Humming","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/low-voltage-bul\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/low-voltage-bul\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Lighting","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"btbt"}],"creator":["btbt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-06-20T21:14:39Z","datePublished":"2010-06-20T21:14:39Z","dateModified":"2010-06-20T21:46:11Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Low Voltage Bulbs are Humming\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/low-voltage-bul\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/low-voltage-bul\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Lighting\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"btbt\"}],\"creator\":[\"btbt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2010-06-20T21:14:39Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-20T21:14:39Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-20T21:46:11Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45481"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=45481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}