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Re: Supply for LV lighting application?

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From: Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:10
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"Russ" <russell@remove.thehovel.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
> news:v7alqfnnv6hfcf@corp.supernews.com...
> > "Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund" wrote
> > > I guess mains flicker would be a major problem in the USA, don't know
> > about
> > > New Zeeland/Australia. In Denmark it happens were seldomly in
residental
> > > areas.
> >
> > Why?  Mains frequency is 20% HIGHER in USA
> >
> > PAL video flicker is quite noticable to many visitors from USA
>
> In production circles, we call that "Film Look" :)
>
> Seriously, given the thickness of the filament in QH lamps and therefore
how
> slowly they heat up and cool down, I'd be very surprised if you could see
AC
> flicker. Certainly nothing like fluorescent flicker.
>
> Russ.
>

OK - maybe my translation was wrong - with mains flicker I means surges/rise
in the mains voltage that will last for a couple of seconds. Not frequency
change which is irrelevant

Cheers

Klaus
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