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   Snicker to All   
   Re: Do switch mode power supplies flicke   
   19 Dec 18 09:45:29   
   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair   
   From: snick@invalid.invalid   
      
   In article , "William   
   Gothberg"@internet.co.is says...   
   >   
   >On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:34:11 -0000, whisky-dave  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:21:43 UTC, Mark Lloyd  wrote:   
   >>> On 12/19/18 6:01 AM, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>> > They probably are fairly crude.  I know they flicker, for example if I   
   >>> > use my cordless drill, the chuck appears to spin the wrong way under the   
   >>> > LED lighting.   
   >>> I remember seeing that with a washing machine (under fluorescent   
   >>> lights). As the tub was slowing down, the row of holes around the tub   
   >>> would appear to reverse direction. Same thing with (spoked) wagon wheels   
   >>> in movies.   
   >>   
   >> You can also observe such things using a smartphone that has a high FPS   
   rate for recodring movie.   
   >> I can see the labs lights flicker when I film at 240FPS  standard 60 and   
   everything seems fine.   
   >   
   >Everybody seems to constantly cut corners.  Lights should just be on, no   
   flicker at all.  Fucking annoying if you have decent eyesight, I can see the   
   flicker from almost everyone's LED tail lights.   
      
   Then stop looking at them.   
      
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