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loph | 8 months ago

I can tell you that lights strobing exacerbate my migraines. Even 120 hertz from fluorescent lights will affect me. I have mitigated this in the past by adding incandescent lights in my office, or demanding to work near a window. LED lamps are no good, as another commenter posted, even the simplest ones strobe. Incandescent bulbs grow harder to find as time goes on. Progress?

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Zak|8 months ago

> even the simplest ones strobe

The simplest LED sources running from AC mains power strobe at mains frequency, which is very visible and very annoying.

Fancy LED sources don't strobe at all. I'm using an LED panel intended for videography as a room light; any flickering could show up as scanlines in video, so most lights intended for that purpose are flicker-free.

consp|8 months ago

> even the simplest ones strobe

The simplest ones always strobe at line frequency or the double of it (due to cheaping out on the power supply). Those have visible strobe. Simpel is bad with led light.

Find some not too cheap dimmable warm colored bulbs. They won't be cheap but might contain both a high frequency driver and fluorescent afterglow and my guess is you will not notice anything.