[geeks] Losers.

[jeff borisch]

At 5:21 PM -0800 3/26/02, Kurt Huhn wrote:
>  > Uhm, the incandescent bulbs flicker at 60Hz (in the US of A), just like
>>  the fluorescents.  I'm not sure why it's so much more noticable on the
>>  long fluorescent bulbs than on the CF, or the incandescents.
>
>I'll take your word for it - the finer points of electricity are not a
>strong suit of mine.  I can't *see* the flicker the incandescant bulbs,
>so in my mind they don't flicker.  However, now that I think about it,
>they *must* - since 60hz is the rating of most (all?) electrical
>circuits in the US.  Right?
>
>Kurt

Since the filament glows because of the current flowing through it, 
wouldn't the intensity fall off periodically at the frequency of 
120Hz? once for every peak and once for every trough.

curious...

--jeff

Kurt, sorry you got two of these. I wasn't paying attention to the Reply-To: