Trekkie83 wrote:
The fluorescent tubes themselves are not what cause the flickering (usually). It's the type of ballast that causes them to flicker. The older, magnetic ballasts tend to cause the tubes to flicker at around 120Hz (120 times per second). These ballasts also tend to hum. Many newer, electronic ballasts drive the bulb at about 10-20KHz (10,000+ times per second). This doesn't give the phosphors time to dim, so they don't flicker. This is why the bulbs in some fixtures flicker but not others. Also, a dying bulb may flicker regardless of ballast type.
As for other types of light bulbs, incandescent bulbs will generally not flicker visibly if driven off straight household AC. LED bulbs may or may not flicker, depending on the driver circuitry. In my experience, the LEDs that do flicker are even worse than fluorescents.
when i look at bright lights it vibrates just like jumping shaking its really annoying yeah i see flicker but how autistic see them? but i think i can see them
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Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 142 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 87 of 200
You are very likely neurodiverse (Aspie)
Diagnosis Asperger's Syndrome back in 2005
also have Anxiety Disorder, OCD
Severe to Profound on my left ear and have cochlear implant on Right ear i'm Deaf
10 Nov 2016, 3:38 am
