Comment by entropie
1 month ago
Besides the epilepsy, what do you mean with "bad for dogs?"
Sidenote: My partner and me both "feel" the difference of cheap LEDs. Its not something we can pinpoint down, but it got way better with hue lights.
We live with multiple dogs and iam really curious. One of the dogs that we often had around had severe epilepsy that very strong medication was needed and the dog died anyways way to early around the age of 2. She had less sizures than in her original home when she was with us which ofcourse might be unrelated to the lighting. But your thought is interesting.
> Besides the epilepsy, what do you mean with "bad for dogs?"
Psychological or physiological unease at least, I assume this from the way rapidly flickering dying florescent lights make me feel.
When you notice flicker, your iris is trying to expand and contract at that rate to compensate. It was one of the things people were pointing fingers at for sick office syndrome, back when fluorescent tube lighting was popular. People, and I assume dogs, have different thresholds when this problem kicks in and flicker becomes noticeable.
I tried Hue lights last year but 50% of them had problems. Did you run into that too?
No issues but I bought my last one like 2022 and didn't need to replace any of them.