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Why are my lights flickering?

What's happening when your lights flicker? We've got the answers.
The other night I noticed the fluorescent light-bulb (light-tube?) in my parent's kitchen was flicking like crazy, to the point of being a strobe light. Really annoying. The brightness was also lower ...
No one likes a flickering light source, but lighting is often dependent on the quality of a building’s main AC power. Light intensity has a close relation to the supply voltage, but bulb type plays a ...
You might have come across articles saying that the LED light bulb emits blue light which causes a myriad of harmful effects including damage to the retina, macular degeneration and disturbed sleep ...
In the quest to ensure a healthier, safer and more productive work environment, lighting innovations can be a central factor. The advent of flicker-free LED lighting offers a promising alternative to ...
Sources that emit light experience flicker, which is a frequency domain effect that can cause discomfort or health issues for both animals and humans. In some cases, the lifespan of a device can be ...
There's a handy trick for reading station signs that otherwise fly past in a blur as you travel in a high-speed train. Look at one side of the window and then immediately at the other side of the ...
Energy-saving lightbulbs could be giving us all headaches as they flicker too much. LED bulbs can bring on feelings of dizziness and pain within just 20 minutes of switching them on, an expert has ...