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Re:The scientific reason you don’t like LED bulbs – and the ... by Hydraulix989 on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:10AM (#14890047)
I'd be shocked if the flicker went to 0% as this article seems to imply ("because LED flickering is even more pronounced, with the light dimming by 100% rather than the roughly 35% of fluorescent lamps") -- and I doubt the flicker for fluorescent lamps is at RMS.

There's _gotta_ be at least a smoothing capacitor after the bridge rectifier (are they actually that cheap to omit one?!). I can't find a single LED driver circuit schematic online without the low pass filter.

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Re:The scientific reason you don’t like LED bulbs – and the ... by justinjlynn on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:20AM (#14890083)
Often the first things to be cut in cut-rate gear are comfort/longevity features such as smoothing capacitors and protection circuits. Generally if it doesn't have an effect on the return rate, it gets cut out to slash costs.
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