Could be the flicker rate.
I had to shop around until I found ones that didn’t bother me.
When I needed daylight-equivalents for my art studio, I went through 3 different brands until I found ones that suited me, color-temperature wise and *didn’t* drive me berserk.
The standard long tube-type fluoros in hubby’s workshop drive me insane after only 10 minutes.
I have to get out of there because they almost make feel like I’m about to have a seizure or something....:))
I have those in my office at work. They give me a headache, so I keep them turned off.
if I remember right, we just learned in physics 101 that florescent lights switch between blue and red really fast. we were messing with a vibrating string thing counting wavelengths or some crap and could see it.
yall pray that i pass that damn class.
Back in the 1970’s florescent bulbs caused a backlash in workplaces. The complaints were numerous, eye problems, couldn’t see well enough, tiredness all sorts of problems. Many companies opted to allow office workers to bring in their own lamps, and some companies took out l or 2 of the overhead florescents to stop try to curb complaints.
One other l970’s complaints was that the paper bags had to be removed because there were too many trees being cut down. Plastic bags was the bag of choice and it was difficult to find paper throughout the l970’s.
It appears that the problems of the l970’s has come back at us again.