Annie B Smythe wrote:
Marshall, I have never read anywhere that LED lights have fluorescence
gases in them.
The phosphor is not a gas but a solid chemical. On a fluorescent bulb
it is the white powder on the inside of the bulb except for UV lamps
(which technically are NOT fluorescent). It converts the UV light given
off by the mercury arc to visible light of the wavelengths desired.
In fact everyone has been recommending switching to LED lights because
they don't have the same composition as fluorescent lights, and they
last much longer than even the fluorescent bulbs.
They last virtually forever. Also they contain no mercury, the UV light
is generated by the band gap of the gallium arsenide diode, then
converted to visible white light by the phosphors applied to the chip.
In other words, although the method of generating the UV light is
completely different between the two, the white light is generated by
exactly the same way, a fluorescent compound is used to convert the uv
to other wavelengths.
And the few epileptic folks that have written about them don't seem to
have the problem with LED lights that they do with fluorescent lights.
*Shrug* It wouldn't hurt to try one and see how it goes.
It is simply a matter of whether they filter the current going to the
LED or not after running through the rectiffier. I do not know if they
put a filter cap in there or not.
Marshall
Bethann
If we could sell our experiences for what they
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Marshall Dudley wrote:
I don't believe LED would help. The two possible triggers for
fluorescent bulbs are the 60 htz blinking, and the color spectrum.
If you are talking about white LED bulbs, they are fluorescent as
well, and will blink at the same rate and have the same spectrum if
they use the same fluorescent compound, which I believe they do.
Marshall
Annie B Smythe wrote:
Hey Steve, check into LED bulbs, C Crane has them, but I think you
can find 'em cheaper.
They give out decent light these days.
Annie
If we could sell our experiences for what they
cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
Abigail Van Buren
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