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All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: GTRS Fiero on November 09, 2019, 08:43:57 am

Title: Flickering LED's?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on November 09, 2019, 08:43:57 am

Is it just me, or do some LED's blink?  Maybe "flash" is more apprope.  Whatever the term, I see the LED's rapidly cycling on and off.

Title: Re: Blinking LED's?
Post by: TopNotch on November 09, 2019, 10:41:39 am

With cheaper made LEDs, the solder bond between the LED and the substrate can break with age. When that happens, they will flicker.

Title: Re: Blinking LED's?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on November 09, 2019, 10:43:09 am

That may be, but I'm seeing the flickering in the LED's on brand new vehicles.  It's particularly annoying at night.

Yes, thanks.  "Flicker" is the word best suited to this.

Title: Re: Flickering LED's?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 26, 2019, 06:12:29 pm

Watch the first minute of this video, for an example.

Title: Re: Flickering LED's?
Post by: Fierofool on December 26, 2019, 06:27:35 pm

Yes.  I noticed that earlier this week.  There was a late model SUV behind me and it had a string of LED's coming down one side and underneath the main headlight.  They weren't what was flickering.  It was the main headlights.  Then I saw another one later on that I was meeting that was doing the same thing.  I thought it was my double vision trying to act up. 

Title: Re: Flickering LED's?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 26, 2019, 06:29:39 pm

Isn't that annoying?

Title: Re: Flickering LED's?
Post by: Raydar on December 26, 2019, 07:15:28 pm

Once again... Fonts matter.

Title: Re: Flickering LED's?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 26, 2019, 07:24:26 pm

Fonts?

I should have stated that I meant LEDs on vehicles, microwave displays, and the like.  Sometimes, even LED TVs.

As new lights go in, it is difficult to read things, when the overhead lights appear to be going on and off rapidly.  Surely, that's also bad for my eyes.