XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: Gothberg"@internet.co.is   
      
   On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:28:58 -0000, trader_4  wrote:   
      
   > On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 8:45:58 AM UTC-5, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:27:41 -0000, Clare Snyder  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:39:50 -0000, "William Gothberg" <"William   
   >> > Gothberg"@internet.co.is> wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> 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.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> >   This is sounding more and more like our "engineer friend" who needs   
   >> > to do his own tire repairs and alignments and clutch repairs.   
   >>   
   >> Don't know who you're referring to, but what's wrong with striving for   
   perfection?   
   >   
   > There's a saying about that, "perfection is the enemy of good".   
   > In this case that translates to it's a waste of time, money and   
   > economically inefficient to fix things that aren't a problem.   
      
   It depends how far you take it.  If I have a flickery light which gives me a   
   headache, I'll alter the power supply to stop it doing so.  If I have   
   something which is noisy, I'll try to quieten it with lubrication or changing   
   fans for quieter ones.   
      
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