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Why do my lights flicker?

SCECA - Suffolk County Electrical Contractors Association, I...
The most common cause of flickering light is major appliances on the same circuit as the lighting. Lamps flicker when the appliances start up. This is caused by the appliance drawing a lot of power momentarily and basically robbing power from the rest of the circuit. Lighting will also flicker if there are any loose wiring connections, defective lamp sockets or defective bulbs.
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Why do my lights flicker when my air conditioner turns on?

Magic Touch Mechanical
Light flicker associated with the starting of appliances usually does not pose any safety problems and does not damage appliances. Proper wire connections and grounding are necessary to reduce flicker. Contractors and homeowners should check with their local utility regarding the appropriate wire size and transformer servicing the home.
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My lights flicker continually. Is this dangerous?

Electricians PLUS Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. A flickering light is normally an indication of a loose connection in the fitting or light switch. Loose connections can overheat and cause a fire. Have the problem checked by Electricians PLUS as soon as possible.
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Why do my fluorescent lights flicker?

Frequently Asked Questions - Lighting Supply Company
The environment is too cold; most ballasts are not designed for temperatures less than 50 degrees. Drafts and moving cold air may cause flickering too. Special low-temperature ballasts are available; ask our Customer Service staff for details. The lamp is not properly installed in the socket. Try removing it and reinstalling it to ensure it is firmly in place.
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Why do some lights flicker at night?

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 : FAQ
The game has a limited number of dynamic lights (4) that can act on a grid square at any one time for performance reasons, so in scenes where there are many lights the culling of the number of lights to 4 manifests itself as flickering of the lights. UPDATE 1a contains code which improves this behaviour when cars stops at stations (for example, chairlift and go-karts), whereby stations now have their own light and when a car enters its own lights are switched off.
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Q.: Why do my eyelids flicker with the lights?

MindSpa Personal Development System FAQ Program Description ...
bull; A.: Your nervous system is responding to light levels that are too high. Reduce the brightness of the lights so that they are at a more comfortable setting for you.
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MindSpa FAQ
A.: Your nervous system is responding to light levels that are too high. Reduce the brightness of the lights so that they are at a more comfortable setting for you.
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Fluorescent lights flicker and buzz, and my employees will just complain. Why should I install them?

Community Energy Services - Home
New fluorescent lights provide steady and even lighting with no buzzing or flickering. The new T8 lights have electronic ballasts, unlike the magnetic ballast old fluorescent lights have. Magnetic ballast lamps hum at about 120 cycles per second, which some people perceive as a flicker. New electronic ballasts operate at about 24,000 cycles per second, eliminating the flicker. The "buzzing" is also gone, since there is no magnetic "pulsing" happening.
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Why does my image flicker?

ETV Personal Video Recorder - FAQ
Although you have Xv support, it seems your destination colorkey (=chromakey) does not work. The output from xvinfo should have an attribute called XV_COLORKEY. If it doesn't, you will have to use the software scaling version of the frontend (--noaccel option). Do contact me, I'd like to find out how to detect/workaround these cases. If this happens once a while, no problem. If it happens while your CPU usage is 100%, use a lower quality profile.
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What is shadow flicker?

When the sun is shining, all objects create a shadow, and if the object causing the shadow is moving, then the shadow moves also. Shadow flicker is caused by the rotating wind turbine blades creating a rotating shadow, when the sun is shining, which falls across a narrow window into a building. When this is the case, it could be a nuisance. To prevent this potential problem the path of the sun can be mathematically calculated and can be modelled in a computer program.
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BANKS DEVELOPMENTS. DEVELOPMENT WITH CARE | Wind Energy
Shadow flicker occurs in very particular conditions when the sun is low in the sky and shines on a building from behind a turbine’s rotor. This can cause a shadow from the turbines blades to be cast on the building appearing to flick on and off as they rotate. When this flicker is viewed through a narrow opening it is known as shadow flicker. The potential for shadow flicker can be assessed for individual buildings around proposed sites.
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Can I reduce the amount of flicker?

Slingshot Entertainment
D programs using shutter glasses are best viewed in a dark room or at night. Any bright light source other than your TV set can cause a noticeable flicker effect. Be sure the Picture/Contrast levels on your TV monitor are set at the middle range setting to reduce flicker in your glasses. You may want to reduce the COLOR intensity on the TV monitor as well.
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HOW DO THE LIGHTS WORK?

CET - Center for Environmental Therapeutics
The therapeutic level of illumination has several known physiological effects. Blood levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin, which may be abnormally high at the start of the day, are rapidly reduced by light exposure. Depending on when bright light is presented, the body's internal clock — which controls daily rhythms of body temperature, hormone secretion, and sleep patterns — shifts ahead or is delayed when stimulated by light.
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WHEN ARE THE LIGHTS CONTRAINDICATED?

CET - Center for Environmental Therapeutics
There are no specific contraindications except in the case of degenerative retinal diseases. As a precaution, patients with ocular pathology should proceed only with concurrence of their ophthalmologist and a schedule of periodic eye exams. Most drug phototoxicity stems from exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, which is not a problem when using a UV-screened light box.
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What are the ghostly lights?

Cassini-Huygens: FAQ
When the cameras take an image of something like a moon with a very bright Saturn just out of view, light shining from the planet can reflect off parts of the inside of the camera and onto the sensor. The inside of each camera is coated with a black non-reflective substance to minimize this scattered light. Still, some light does get in and the result can be rays or large fuzzy circles of light.
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Do they flicker when you turn them on?

Lightbulb FAQs (Oxfordshire Climate Exchange)
No - there is no 'flicker' associated with Efficient Lighting's range of bulbs and have received no complaints of this nature.
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Do you have your own lights?

Beat Elixir faq: a wedding band, function band and party ban...
Yes, we have a fantastic lighting set-up, including a computerized DMX lighting system, robotic moving lights, fancy lasers and a large smoke machine.
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Do you have lights?

FAQ's
Yes. In the past eight years I have only used lights for three weddings. Most of the time lights are used at private parties. Depending on what your event requires we have it or we can get it.
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What's up with the lights?

FAQ
The lights are a way of letting our customers know if we have a certain product in stock.. Other paintball websites let you order something that they do not have in stock. A green light means that we have it in stock and should ship within 3 business days of payment being cleared. A yellow light means that we do not have it in stock but our distributors should! Order should ship within 7 business days of payment being cleared.
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Why not two lights on at once?

The factory wiring was NOT meant to drive two lamps at the same time. Your factory lamp is a single bulb, why would you want to replace it with two? We can build you a custom configuration, but cannot ensure flawless operation. You are at risk blowing fuses and relays, and possibly melting wires if you do decide to have two lamps on at once.
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Dancin' Tracks DJ Service - disc jockey entertainment for we...
Yes. The Dancin' Tracks light show consists of elevated lights that illuminate the dance floor and chase to the beat of the music. A mirror ball adds to the coolness of the light show.
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What was Lights Out!?

The Robert McCammon FAQ
Lights Out! was a Robert R. McCammon newsletter I wrote and published. Six issues were distributed from July 1989 to February 1991. Unfortunately, all the printed copies of the newsletter were sold, and I no longer have any available. You can sometimes find people selling them on eBay, though they often ask too much money for them. The first 5 issues of Lights Out! are available for download as PDF files.
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Why do some of the outside lights turn off when people get near the lights?

LSU/OFS: FAQs
This is the result of a faulty ballast. The faulty ballast usually has a small break in the internal wiring which makes contact when the light is turned on. As the ballast gets hot, the break expands causing the light to go out. After the ballast cools, the lamp relights, and the process starts over. The ballast must be replaced to correct the problem.
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Why does my compact fluorescent light bulb flicker or appear dim when I first turn it on?

GE Consumer & Industrial Lighting: Ask Us: FAQs - Compact Fl...
The first compact fluorescent bulbs flickered when they were turned on because it took a few seconds for the ballast to produce enough electricity to excite the gas inside the bulb. Thanks to the refined technology in our new GE compact fluorescent bulbs, there is now no significant flicker (less than 1 second). However, these bulbs do require a short warm-up period before they reach full brightness, which is why they may appear dim when first turned on.
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How do I avoid flicker in an MDI application when switching the MDIChild?

Forms - Windows Forms FAQs
I have an MDI application, but when I switch between MDIChild windows, there are always flickers. The newly active MDIChild window flashes its borders which is disturbing. If it matters, I always use Maximized MDI Child windows. How can I eliminate this...
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How can I reduce flicker in the Content Editor?

Writer's Café FAQ
By default, the Content Editor highlights your text assuming that it is screenplay dialogue, changing the text colour and properties accordingly. This can cause a small amount of flickering that might be noticeable on some machines. You can switch Content Highlighting off by clicking on the toolbar button that looks like a switch (or going to View/Preferences.../Content Highlighting) and unchecking 'Highlighting for new projects' and 'Highlighting for the current project'.
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What would cause my headlights to flicker?

FAQ- Premier Power Welder high-frequency onboard welders, hi...
The fuse in your welding box may need to be cleaned. Simply take it out, clean, and check it -- then put it back in.
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