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CFL Teardown. C ompact F luorescent L amp. Safety warning labels and product information. Vent for circuit board inside. Discoloration from excess heat. http://www.doublexscience.org/how-fluorescent-lights-work-quantum-mechanics-in-the-home/.
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CFL Teardown Compact Fluorescent Lamp Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Safety warning labels and product information Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Vent for circuit board inside Discoloration from excess heat Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
http://www.doublexscience.org/how-fluorescent-lights-work-quantum-mechanics-in-the-home/http://www.doublexscience.org/how-fluorescent-lights-work-quantum-mechanics-in-the-home/ When system is powered on current excites the Mercury liquid changing it into a Mercury vapor and mixing it with argon gas to produce white light. Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Here is a sequence of the CFL turning on as voltage is increased. Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
A video of the bulb power on cycle. Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
WIRES INTO MAIN TERMINALS OF LIGHT We remove the cover to show the control circuitry circuit board. COPPER SIDE OF BOARD Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
LIGHT- CONTAINS ARGON GAS AND MERCURY VAPOR BASE BALLAST BALLAST HOUSING PHOSPHOR COATING Lots of circuitry packed inside… Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
VOLTAGE FED HALF BRIDGE BI POLAR POWER SWITCHING TRANSISTOR DRIVER COIL A.KA. DRIVER TRANSFORMER TRANSFORMER The driver transformer saturates at a defined current level so that the lamp current is controlled in an indirect way. Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
TYPICAL CFL CONTROL SCHEMATIC DRAWING http://www.nxp.com/documents/application_note/AN00048.pdf Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Interesting to Compare the CFL to an Incandescent light bulb and schematic Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
http://www.designrecycleinc.com/led%20comp%20chart.html Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122
Fulton-Montgomery Community College TEPP Technological Education Pathways Partnership NSF DUE 1003122