fucking hell its painful being me!
So my bedside lamp blew its 'normal' bulb. Filament? Incandescant? I dunno, its glass that produces light as a byproduct of how hot its got.
So b&q... only had new fangled led bulbs that save Earths.
Bought a diall (iirc) one for £5 and what the fuck..
bedroom turns into a disco.
It was akin to a very very fast strobe light. Everything looked weird. My arm movements all (how do you describe it) strobe-esque?
If I waved, id see loads of my hand following the path I waved in.
I beared with it until an hour later I felt sick and my head hurt.
Changed it now for a more expensive phillips job that seems so far ok..
but what the ell!
The only easy day, was yesterday...
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Pretty sure that's what happened when my daughter tried doing the same, although she is a teenager so *everything* gives her a headache. (Especially dad explaining why .)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I did a bit of digging on it for my own amusement.
Turns out its more common in el cheapo brands that skimp on their electronics.. but its something to do with alternating current and leds reacting to it. Basically they are indeed strobing but epically fast. As leds light up instantaneously and switch off instataneously with each 'pulse' of current from the mains.
That could be a terrible way of me explaining it! But it was something along those lines.
Good quality led bulbs have extra components that stop this undesired and outright bullshite disco effect!
Tis a non dimmable lamp, but aye I saw the dimmable bulbs in there.
Meanwhile If anyone needs me I'll be in the candle section!
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"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've never found one that succeeds on all those points.
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Worth spending a bit extra on decent lamps, the cheaper ones are notorious for buzzing when they're dimmed. We bought Phillips bulbs and they've been fine, cost about £7 each. Amazon actually turned out to be the cheapest place to get them. Go for the warm white ones if you like more ummm, warm looking light, lol. The cool white ones have a harder, bluey tinge.
not even dimmable.
Bleedin thing.
I did have an led lamp. Ie the leds are built in.. but the mains plug gets hot if its plugged in to a socket thats on or an extension socket thats always on, even if the lamp is switched off.. and as I'm a freak for worrying I didnt like leaving it in overnight or when I'm out incase it causes fires or explosions, locust swarms, nuclear war etc..
of course unplugging it everytime is just too much effort... lol