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|    Daniel60 to Mark Lloyd    |
|    Re: Do switch mode power supplies flicke    |
|    20 Dec 18 18:09:59    |
      XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y       From: daniel47@eternal-september.org              Mark Lloyd wrote on 20/12/2018 3:21 AM:       > 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.       > ... and, in real life, the Mag wheels of some cars seem to be spinning       backwards, dependant on the speed at which the car is travelling!!              --       Daniel              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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