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A regular ceiling fan with wooden blades will cause a light strobe effect when mounted where the blades rotate under recessed/canned lights. I am wondering if I would have the same strobing problem if I got a ceiling fan with clear, acrylic blades like this one.
Anyone have any experience with this? I am thinking since the blades are clear they won't block the light when the circle under the canned light so maybe there is no strobing?
"Clear" things do not pass 100% of light hitting them. A quick search indicates "up to 92%" for acrylic, generically (may be less depending on details of fan blades and how clean they are) - as such, you will still have at least some "strobing" effect if the light source is above the fan.
