[geeks] Losers.

[Dave McGuire]

On March 26, 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?

  It's an issue of the decay rate...if you were to plot the luminous
intensity of both an incandescent bulb and a fluorescent bulb over
time, and compare the two, the incandescent bulb's output is a lot
"smoother"...the fluorescent bulb's output has sharper peaks and
deeper valleys, making it more readily visible.

        -Dave

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