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candle light lightbulbs

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sonoma1993

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How do those candle light lightbulbs work? I was looking at my girlfriend candle light lightbulb, just curious to see what made it flicker.
 
If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, two different filaments are heated alternatively. Look at the bulb sometimes when it's off.
 
🙂 So, the question becomes "what makes one filament turn off and the other turn on"
 
Something like this? Apparently it's called a neon flicker-flame lamp. They're neon, so there's no filament or anything like an electric circuit that controls the flickering. The bulbs are filled with mostly neon which glows when it's excited, again no filament. They've been made for a very long time, I've found some pretty old ones before.

Basically how it works: There are 2 of those flame plates very close to each other but not touching. Wherever the plates are the closest is the region where you'll see the neon gas light up (because thats where the "path of least resistance" is). As the neon gas is excited, it will glow and produce some heat (not much) causing the plates to twist around a little (they're at the end of long thin strips). Now that they've twisted, the plates might be closer together elsewhere and the seemingly random process repeats. Hope this helps.
 
Originally posted by: mogalapr
I guess this process cannot be used for high wattage lamps? OR does it actually work.
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It would be pointless. They're for a decorative purpose and not very efficient as a light source.

If you need light for illumination, there are regular light bulbs, sodium vapor(orange parking lot light), fluorescent and metal halide lamps available.
 
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Originally posted by: mogalapr
I guess this process cannot be used for high wattage lamps? OR does it actually work.
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It would be pointless. They're for a decorative purpose and not very efficient as a light source.

If you need light for illumination, there are regular light bulbs, sodium vapor(orange parking lot light), fluorescent and metal halide lamps available.
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What if i want a high wattage bulb that need to do the same routine without an expensive microcontroller or any other digital switching device?
 
Originally posted by: sonoma1993
How do those candle light lightbulbs work? I was looking at my girlfriend candle light lightbulb, just curious to see what made it flicker.
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the gas from your ass : )
 
Originally posted by: mogalapr

What if i want a high wattage bulb that need to do the same routine without an expensive microcontroller or any other digital switching device?
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Argon multiline lasers are used for large effects. 🙂

 
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