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Comment author: Decius 08 March 2013 04:49:33AM 6 points [-]

The mechanism of dimming is to strobe. Professionals claim that it is imperceptible, and it indeed can't be noticed consciously. However, it becomes painfully obvious when looking at a moving object.

Get a bulb of the appropriate brightness and use it.

Comment author: handoflixue 08 March 2013 07:02:43PM 0 points [-]

I'm fairly sensitive to strobing and I've never noticed that from the strip of LED lights I have. But it also has multiple LEDs (at least 6, 2 each of RGB), so perhaps it's just a different design?

Comment author: Decius 08 March 2013 07:34:56PM 0 points [-]

Are they dimmable or multiway? Does the dimmer switch control the number of diodes illuminated?

Comment author: handoflixue 08 March 2013 08:33:35PM 1 point [-]

The dimmer switch does indeed control the number of diodes (as well as the RGB balance)

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