On 15/10/2011 13:23, Brian Gaff wrote:

It would be interesting to find out what it is about the compacts that
causes this, as I too find them naff. However if you pay a bit more and get
the proper white ones, they seem to do this less. i suspect then that its
the el cheapo coatings used that are the issue. could be persistance of the
phospher or maybe the emission frequencies of the stuff, I don't know.

Probably due to their sharper rise and fall flicker...

Might also be related to their non continuous spectrum.

I must admit I am not sure why the quality of light from the compact
versions seems so poor compared to that from a traditional linear tube
ones.

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Cheers,

John.

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