I dunno. I just bought the Sylvannia led traditional white lights. Flicker free. Finally.
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Beacon@fedia.io 1 day ago
Did he ignore flicker problems again like last year? Because flicker ruins lights for a lot of us
credo@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Beacon@fedia.io 20 hours ago
That's what's so stupid about the whole problem - the solution is known and easy but it costs a tiny bit more to make so lots of manufacturers don't do it. It just needs to run off DC instead of AC. Simple.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
I wonder if you could use four of the LEDs themselves to form a full bridge rectifier?
davidgro@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Would still need a capacitor or something or it would flicker at 120Hz (in the US) but that’s not much more.
Also those 4 would flicker more than the rest of the string.
Beacon@fedia.io 17 hours ago
How?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
His obsession over color quality while ignoring the flicker is very annoying.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
He mentions flicker several times in the video.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I meant ignore in the context that he said it doesn’t personally bother him.
yggstyle@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I may never understand why people get pissed at creators focusing on an issue they are passionate about - because that viewers specific issue wasn’t mentioned or focused on. Surely there is content that aligns with what you are seeking without forcing every other creator to monologe out every possible edge case like a US drug advert reading out side effects.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
But he mentions that there is stuff coming for flicker-sensitive folks.
Steve@startrek.website 1 day ago
I actually ran my outside lights on rectified DC power last year because the flicker kills me
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
Say more about this. I also don’t like flicker
Steve@startrek.website 6 hours ago
Short answer, cut an extension cord in the middle and solder in a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER.
This gives you DC power. Now your lights will not flicker. They are also like 50% brighter.
But wait! The catch is that a lot of the strings are reversed in the middle so only half of it works on dc. You then have to cut the lights in the middle, swap the wires, and reconnect them.
Its a lot of farting around but looks nice.