Why does a flicker-flame lamp flicker? And why is the beautiful gas discharge not taking the shortcut between the closely spaced electrodes? In an attempt to figure out how such a specialized light bulb works, I will test my only flicker-flame lamp. One that seems faulty, but still turns out to be stunning when slowed way down. A marvelous demonstration of Paschen's Law. Let's take a closer look at the beauty of imperfection! My Patreon-page: https://www.patreon.com/Brainiac75 Power of Plasma Balls Visualized | Don't wear a ring... : https://youtu.be/TKv0XgjdhOU Low-pressure sodium vapor lamp beats LEDs?: https://youtu.be/l9Gv5FVE-0c Did you miss one of my videos?: https://www.youtube.com/user/brainiac75/videos FULL MUSIC CREDITS Time codes: 0m:01s + 6m:56s 'Music for Manatees' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1400009 Time codes: 0m:56s + 5m:57s + 9m:41s 'Perspectives' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1300027 Time code: 3m:05s 'Neo Western' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100615 Time code: 4m:54s 'Impact Lento' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100619 Time code: 10m:10s 'Adding the Sun' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1900041 All music above licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Time code: 6m:29s Mix of two tracks: 1) The Shimmering by fran_ky (freesound.org/s/237363) Licensed under Creative Commons 0 license 2) "Spacial Harvest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ISRC: USUAN1100653 #flicker #lamp #lightbulb