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Fluorescent lights always flash just usually you aren't aware of it and you're right when the bulb or ballast is failing the flashing gets more noticeable. In the USA they flash at the same 60hz as our power system, with old tube tech monitors the refresh rate needed to be higher than 60hz or your screen would have lovely black bands moving down the screen under fluorescent light.
View Instructable »CFL's can produce light a lot closer to the blue spectrum than any incandescent light can and for less money and they hands down last longer. Any photographer will tell you that incandescents tend way more to red, ever take a photo indoors with a film camera (using daylight film) and get that nasty yellow cast to your photos, that's because incandescent light is nowhere near daylight temperature. Today we don't have that problem because digital cameras automatically white balance for the light in the room. I agree with you that LED bulbs are da bomb but so far I have yet to see a LED bulb that is on the cheap side that can produce light close to daylight spectrum, I know they exist but they are generally a sort of panel setup not something you plug into your lamp and very very expensive…
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Oh heck no, gives me the heebie jeebies just looking at the pictures! LOL. But this is perfect for Halloween or anytime you want to do something unusual. If you live in a state with palmetto bugs you'll understand that these look too close to reality, lol. I'm sure they taste wonderful!