Does your office, warehouse, reception or showroom suffer from flickering lights? Are you fed up of the flashing strobe effect your fluorescent lights are producing? If you have answered ‘yes’, you will be delighted to know that we have the solution – introducing the Goodlight range of flicker-free LED lighting including interior and exterior lighting solutions.

Light flicker refers to rapid changes in light intensity where the light appears to be unsteady, irregular or fluttering.  Visible flicker occurs when the light reaches a frequency of below 100Hz (cycles per second), causing the light to start flashing on and off repeatedly. It is caused by fluctuating voltage in the supplied power which can vary due to the use of ballasts, dimmer switches and the like.

Flickering lights, commonly associated with fluorescent lighting such as battens and tubes, can be detrimental to health, too, as one of the contributing factors associated with ‘Sick Building Syndrome.’  Symptoms include migraine-inducing headaches – usually associated with flickering lights, plus blocked or runny nose, dry itchy skin, eyestrain, rashes and tiredness or difficulty with concentrating.  These symptoms translate into staff sickness-related absence or in extreme cases long-term work absence.  Such flicker-inducing lighting can also be very problematic for indviduals with light sensitivity including autism, lupus, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease and vertigo. Short-term exposure to frequencies between 3Hz to 70Hz have been associated with epileptic seizures.

To correct flicker you can upgrade to our LED lamps which feature constant current drivers that deliver a smooth, regular voltage without the issue of flicker. Our Goodlight Flicker-Free LED lighting range includes PL LED Lamps, PL-L LED Lamps, LED Low Bays, LED High Bays, LED Battens, LED Floodlights, LED Downlights, LED Light Discs and more. Our LED lamps and luminaires are better equipped for superior light performance, and designed with functional buildings in mind. When coupled with our LED luminaire products, we have LED replacements for at least 98% of any commercial, industrial, retail, leisure or transportation environment.

There is always a debate of poor quality LED lamps and luminaires which also cause flicker – you may have experienced this with cheap LED lamps when connecting to old style dimmer switches they flicker constantly or when the dimmer is turned very low.  This is simple as there is not enough load being delivered to the lamp – irregular voltage again being the culprit.  There is also the issue that the dimmer switch was designed to work with traditional lighting which has much higher loads than LED.  Switching to an LED-specific dimmer should rectify the issue with reputable LED products.  When installing LED Tubes the fluorescent ballast should be removed, otherwise incompatibility with the ballast and LED lamp could also result in flicker.

Goodlight LED products are all dimmable with our heavy-usage commercial and industrial products featuring precision-focused DALI drivers and 0-10V dimmability which provide smooth and gentle dimming.  These are premium drivers, which ensure that the LEDs receive regular, constant current, and enable our luminaires to integrate with lighting control to improve energy efficiencies, and stop light wastage.

For the ultimate energy-efficient, wireless lighting control, try Light Brain™, an intuitive lighting system that will monitor, automate, control and report on all connected lighting, wirelessly, from a single interface. Light Brain™ dims down your lighting when no one is around, or when it detects natural light, and turns back on again when it is needed, for the ultimate energy efficient lighting control. Light Brain™ is compatible with Goodlight LED luminaires and will save you up to 95% in energy savings. Find out more about Light Brain™ here