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How do flame effect light bulbs work?

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How do flame effect light bulbs work?
« on: 29/03/2021 16:05:08 »
Colin asks:

I recently bought a flame effect light bulb. It is a white plastic tube and looks like a flickering plasma that resembles a flame. How does it work ?


Can you help?
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Re: How do flame effect light bulbs work?
« Reply #1 on: 02/04/2021 11:54:43 »
they glow because of specially designed electrodes, following Paschen's law of breakdown voltage
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