Light bulb plugged into the surge suppressor that is used for the control panel any concerns?

It use as close to a plain incandescent as possible if there are issues.  There likely would be no interference at all. Circuit wise not much different that the other household lights. They all connect.

I'd guess blinking might throw some noise. LED, I'm not to sure on cheapies. I've thrown a few out already due to buzzing and flashing (likely the rectifier going, the weak link?)(so much for those outlasting incandescents; less than a year and a dozen cooked easy at at least twice the price to $ x 7.)  Florecent is the worst for getting along well with other items; relies on a lot of high-volt pulsing in general.

  A surge protector just eats excess voltage surges. There are power filters too, but unless you paid a lot at your computer store, I doubt you have filtering too.

It will help you notice for sure. I have a an old crossing gate lamp that supplies a red glow to see by right over my Z & KW.  In a darkened room it I can still see the power and the red light doesn't distract you from the layout.

I'll try to grab a pic soon... the room is occupied right now 😴💤

      

 Some folks have had issues with the legacy base plugged into a surge protector.

One side of the Legacy signal is actually broadcast through ground wiring in the walls of your train room via the ground lug of the base.

Give it a try and see.

An "antenna" extension comming from that earth ground may be a workaround (it is for tmcc at least).  But you wont know until you see how your layout performs. It's not always a cut & dry situation; command layouts and layout sites already vary a lot without help from our adding other goodies too.

Thanks for the reply and the tips. I did not know about the Legacy base plugged into surge protector issue, thanks! I would love to see the picture of the red light over the transformer.

And as soon as I can get an attachment tool to show it with I will.

KRIS, tried again today. The post locked up  every time I try to use the attachment tool.  I need to try to post elsewhere with an attachment as that sometimes clears things up when this happens. So, maybe later... (check your in-box for now )

One last try...ha. Complaining in the text works nearly every time 😊