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		ars on Nov 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors A ton of LEDs flicker at 120hz which makes me crazy. It's like a strobe effect that I only see when moving.

galangalalgol on Nov 29, 2019 | [–]

The Edison style are often like that. They use four led elements configured as a full wave bridge rectifier but because the diodes are themelves the load ther is no place to put the lowpass and so you get 120.

mrb on Nov 29, 2019 | [–]

Oops I wrote 60Hz but meant 120Hz.

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