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Name: Dan
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Why do my mini blinds vibrate when sunlight strikes them through my window. It is not an optical illusion because the sound creates noise.


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Dan,

Possibly the sun warms the air between the blinds and the window glass resulting in convection currents which then rattle the blinds.

Greg


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