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Phaserburn said:
of the taper variety; the ultimate incandescent! Just curious how a candle stacks up to various flashlight outputs.
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It will of course vary with wick length, wax type, and probably other factors but it likely will fall in the 5 to 15 lumen range. The bureau of standards folks used to have a description of the construction of the "standard candle" from which intensity measurements were defined before they went to the definition using the black body cavity radiation involving a temperature defined by the melting temperature of platinum. If you search around you may find a description of that "standard candle".