Flashing Light

[Mr-Tom]

Not sure if this is the right section for this Q but.......

A while ago I heard someone describing a flashing light.....bear with me on this.

A flashing light which is ON for longer than it is OFF is called a ??????? light, and vise versa is called a ?????? light.....if that makes sense.

I guess one which is ON for as long as it's OFF also has a name too?

Any info on what these terms could be would be greatly appreciated.

Regards.

[Precious67]

We define "flashing lights" as a regular on-and-off cycle, which repeats. The light need not stay on as long as it stays off, but each on period is as long as any other on period, and each off period matches all other off periods. This is in contrast to "flickering lights", which we define as having a random or irregular element

[heathfield]

In nautical terminology...
Light ''on'' shorter than ''off'' = Flashing light.
Light ''on'' equal to ''off'' = Flashing light.
Light ''off'' shorter than ''on'' = Occulting light.

[Mr-Tom]

Thanks very much both of you.

Thats given me the initial start I needed, much appreciated.

Regards.

[TCL-MUMPING]

According to Wikipedia periods of equal light and darkness is an ISOPHASE light but shorter periods of light is a FLASHING light.

[Mr-Tom]

Thanks again, I found that too once I had the lead.

I guess thats all the bases covered so questioned answered!

Nice one everyone, appreciated.

Regards.