I just finished building and installing LED strip cove lighting in my new jewelers studio. Though I do not see any flickering, to my refined "Spidey Senses" something feels distinctly "off" about the quality of light bathing me- and I'm guessing it's the switching PS. For comparison's sake, I have precisely zero problems at all with the high CRI LED strip lighting running off my Ford Transit high top van's 12V DC car battery power.
I've worked to educate myself on the subject of flicker and different style Power Supplies, but still feel unclear on the best PS solution, so anyone's help'd be most welcome!!! (Yes, I read and did my best to make sense of the one post here on this site.) My studies have taught me that "flicker free" is a relative term. That yes, certain higher frequencies of "visibly indetectable" flicker are acceptable to digital videographers, for example- yet what I am determined to have here must be beyond that. In this particular installation, I don't need dimming,. so that simplifies things. ANNNND I'd like to have that conversation another time- as I would like my next project to be 100% smooth AND also dimmable.
My why: We're vibrational beings, and I'm convinced some vibes have a disturbing and unhealthy effect on at least some of us. Those rare times when I have gotten an ocular migraine, my vision strobes painfully. These eyes of mine easily see even very fast visual flicker/strobing on the increasingly ubiquitous car tail lights and commercial/home LED applications- GRRRRRRRR!!!!
I've stopped patronizing some restaurants just for the flickering. (Yes, I let them know why and asked them if they'd be willing to upgrade!) Cheap LED Christmas lights running on AC power have become a seasonally nauseating annoyance. Austin Texas has a wildly popular annual Christmas "Trail of Lights". It's final feature is a huge exit tunnel of blue LED string lights maybe 30 yards long. Made me dizzy and sick. I chose to interview folk as they exited this feature asking them what they felt coming out of the tunnel- over 30% of the people asked reported being dizzy and/or nauseated. HOW I LONG FOR THOSE GOOD OL' ANOLOGUE & INCANDESCENT DAYS!!!
That said, I'm running almost 50 feet of this LED strip light attached to aluminum C channel for thermal cooling. I've got two strand 12 guage power wire running in a full loop with periodic jumpers over to the LED strip to minimize voltage drop and keep the light levels even. This is my first post here atv All About Circuits, BTW. One thing some of you might like to know about me is my username is my Biurning Man Playa name- which I got for decor lighting our camps over the years. I have built some very interesting and otherworldly beautiful
LED light sculptures. I so appreciate your good thinking., and a big thanks for reading!
LED Type: SMD 5630
CRI RA 97-99
Working Input Voltage: 12V DC
Output power: 5 Meter ---tested about 40-60Watts(depends upon of the real sonsumtion)
Daylight White -- 5500K-6000K
My temporary PS is the popular MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 DC Switching Power Supply 12V 29A 350W. https://www.meanwell.com/Upload/PDF/LRS-350/LRS-350-SPEC.PDF
I've worked to educate myself on the subject of flicker and different style Power Supplies, but still feel unclear on the best PS solution, so anyone's help'd be most welcome!!! (Yes, I read and did my best to make sense of the one post here on this site.) My studies have taught me that "flicker free" is a relative term. That yes, certain higher frequencies of "visibly indetectable" flicker are acceptable to digital videographers, for example- yet what I am determined to have here must be beyond that. In this particular installation, I don't need dimming,. so that simplifies things. ANNNND I'd like to have that conversation another time- as I would like my next project to be 100% smooth AND also dimmable.
My why: We're vibrational beings, and I'm convinced some vibes have a disturbing and unhealthy effect on at least some of us. Those rare times when I have gotten an ocular migraine, my vision strobes painfully. These eyes of mine easily see even very fast visual flicker/strobing on the increasingly ubiquitous car tail lights and commercial/home LED applications- GRRRRRRRR!!!!
I've stopped patronizing some restaurants just for the flickering. (Yes, I let them know why and asked them if they'd be willing to upgrade!) Cheap LED Christmas lights running on AC power have become a seasonally nauseating annoyance. Austin Texas has a wildly popular annual Christmas "Trail of Lights". It's final feature is a huge exit tunnel of blue LED string lights maybe 30 yards long. Made me dizzy and sick. I chose to interview folk as they exited this feature asking them what they felt coming out of the tunnel- over 30% of the people asked reported being dizzy and/or nauseated. HOW I LONG FOR THOSE GOOD OL' ANOLOGUE & INCANDESCENT DAYS!!!
That said, I'm running almost 50 feet of this LED strip light attached to aluminum C channel for thermal cooling. I've got two strand 12 guage power wire running in a full loop with periodic jumpers over to the LED strip to minimize voltage drop and keep the light levels even. This is my first post here atv All About Circuits, BTW. One thing some of you might like to know about me is my username is my Biurning Man Playa name- which I got for decor lighting our camps over the years. I have built some very interesting and otherworldly beautiful
LED light sculptures. I so appreciate your good thinking., and a big thanks for reading!
LED Type: SMD 5630
CRI RA 97-99
Working Input Voltage: 12V DC
Output power: 5 Meter ---tested about 40-60Watts(depends upon of the real sonsumtion)
Daylight White -- 5500K-6000K
My temporary PS is the popular MEAN WELL LRS-350-12 DC Switching Power Supply 12V 29A 350W. https://www.meanwell.com/Upload/PDF/LRS-350/LRS-350-SPEC.PDF
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