Future of SSL LED lighting is flickering

Published:2012/3/28 21:20:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

The engineers, such as Michael Poplawski, have led a campaign to develop new, more energy-efficient lighting solutions.

According to individual levels of visual sensitivity, flicker is inherent in every form of electric lighting and it affects everyone differently. The good news about LED lighting is that it can lessen flicker, especially compared to standard fluorescent lights. The bad news is a determination by researchers that flicker – which is consistent and predictable in current lighting systems. It tends to vary substantially, both in amplitude and frequency, in various LED bulbs.

Among the solutions developed by Poplawski, the solution with minimal flicker requires researchers to identify and measure qualitatively (in terms of human reaction) the presence of flicker. So, flicker must be measurable in a way that its level can be reported to consumers in a way they’ll understand it. Many families are equipped with dimmers. In fact, all of them are designed to dim conventional incandescent and fluorescent lights.

The power quality, the consistency of power flow into the home and its lighting system is the issue. The lightning system and power system can affect LED lights in different ways than they impact older systems. What’s more, the additional SSL networks can cause interference that compromises one or all of the networks.

At last, the installed power-supply base is incompatible with the new forms of power. Poplawski found himself suggesting an infrastructure problem similar to that hindering the use of electric automobiles.

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