Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: ConservativeMind

This seems to suggest that LED’s can produce pure DC light, with no flashing:

https://www.sunlitest.com/faq/do-led-lights-run-on-ac-or-dc-current/


60 posted on 07/22/2019 6:31:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies ]


To: cuban leaf
This might clarify:

“LEDs are super fast. If you drive them with DC, they will not flicker. But, LEDs use very low voltage (around 1 volt) and converting 12 or 120 volts to a small DC using resistors or transistor in old-fashioned “linear” regulation wastes most of the power. So, folks usually pulse width modulate (PWM) LEDs. This turns them on and off at a very fast rate. It wastes very little power and allows you to vary the brightness by changing the % of the time it is on. If the on/off frequency is high enough, you can't see any flicker. One issue is that if you move your head quickly, the LED will look like a dotted line. Modern car tail lights have this problem.”

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/13400/what-invisible-flicker-do-different-types-of-light-bulbs-have

85 posted on 07/22/2019 7:30:07 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson