How CFLs work - Plasma Arc Starter | Electronic Ballast

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It's the best explanation of CFL lamps on KZbin. Keep it up!

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Today I finally understood how mercury vapour tube works I bet most of the people don't know this. There are many videos on how it works but I understood with this.

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And LED's are still trash.

[@mhnoni]

@@Warp2090 LED are not trash IMO, but companies running it with overvoltage and without heat spread which reduces their life from years to a couple of months. that's how they make money, they won't profit from a lightbulb that runs for 10 years.

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

Just a minor correction. 5:14 The choke is usually wound on a core made of iron slices. Do not break flurescent tubes as they can contain toxic mercury. Just a note of warning. Good video.

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You are the best when it comes to explaining electronics circuit and devices. I don't have words to thank you. Would love to see more such videos. You made me understand the working of the CFL like a breeze. Thanks you so much

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0:27 Excellent!!! Magic smoke full of mercury vapor. Very smart.

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This is absolutely the best explanation about ccfl lamp systems I found on youtube!

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Sadly they are not popular nowadays, but I loved your clip

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Very well made video :-) These types are getting harder to find lately due to LED taking over. Just bought about 9 of these the other day for $1.00 a piece at a local liquidation store.

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[@desmondhow343]

Thank you so much for making this video. I used to teardown CFL bulb to understand how it works but I can't eventually but now I understand.

[@sayantanmaiti2513]

excellent description, I was amazed to see that momentary contact and then release

[@JonathanDeWitt1988]

This was a very interesting video Andrei. I find it fascinating to see the back EMF from that inductor coil's magnetic field collapsing actually being harnessed for a purpose. Thank you for creating this great video.

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I was not watching your videos recently, just started from this video, no complaints, and as always, AWESOME CONTENT!! 👍👍😊

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I didn't know that CFL was so complicated. But you made it seem like a piece of cake. Great job. What do you use to animate your videos?

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Thanks. I use after effects

[@aim3117]

Crystal clear explanation, great job

[@DanChase84]

Neat! I always wondered how florescent fixtures from 20 + years ago have changed, now I know! For instance I have an old florescent drafting desk lamp that has a 'start' button and an 'off' button, so the 'start' button probably takes the place of the arc.

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Man, you can lecture most of my professors on college, wish you the utmost success. Would you consider making a serial on CPU design, and possibly creating a fully functional CPU? Many videos online dont go in dept, or are waay to long.

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Thanks. I think that would be a complicate topic. I'll have that on my to do list and get more info about it.

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Very well explained !

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Beautiful explanation as always , the pace of this video was a little fast , I had to pause it a few times and catch up , great work !

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You explained it better than my book. Please cover HPMV lamp, mercury iodide lamp other old school lamps.

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Mind blowing....🥰 Very useful

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Animation gave me detailed idea. Thanks.....

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Very interesting video! But, You forgot to explain the function of the DB3 diac. It is always in all of them. Greetings.

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I love florescent lamp starters and plasma globes

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need to run a uv tube from 12v to sterilize water when camping etc, either one of those 6w/8w tubes for ponds or those 3w gtl3 style ones. ( I think 24v+resistor can strike those but they prefer ac)

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Good job

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[@Yureka-ox5jn]

@7:10....how is the circuit closed near the starter? There must be some alternate path in the starter to complete the circuit?

[@johnconrad5487]

the ballast inductor acts as an impedance =2piFL to control the current in the lamp. without it there is no current limit and it behaves like a short circuit.

[@funnyise5441]

Wah bro impressed

[@unknown-ql1fk]

I get that "on paper" CFL bulbs last longer than tungsten bulbs but in my experience they burn out in like 1/2 the time...

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

bad manufacturer maybe... ?

[@jamess1787]

Just terrible technology. Too many electronic components same with cheap LED bulbs. Down to bad quality ballasts.

[@narayanbandodker5482]

I think its forced obsolescence, where manufacturers force their products to fail prematurely in order to switch to LED bulbs? Just a guess, but this has been hapenning with some products

[@jamess1787]

@@narayanbandodker5482 this was long before LED lighting technology was even available. CFLs have always been terrible quality, I don't know anyone who still has CFLs (even frugal people). There was a low-mercury mandate in fluorescent tubes: these fail prematurely. CFLs are now more expensive than LED bulbs.

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

Frequent power on and off can shorten CFL lifespan. Also Good ventilation of the lamp is needed. From my personal experience, CFLs do last longer than incandescent lamps.

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Nice video

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I have a question pls answer it . I want 2 sensors in which I kept 1 at place a and 2nd at place b. So it tell the distance bw them. And also if I move one of them up down or rigth and left then also it works. Means which are aligned to each other.

[@dkyadav8973]

Do a separate video on LC tank switching. & Compare it with as IC switching (normally use in almost every smps)

[@4ntig3n]

Great Video, I'm just beginning my journey into electronics and learnt quite a lot. You explained it really well. In the modern CFLs, what do you think are the main failure modes? I'm considering if it's worth salvaging the coil and some caps off the boards of nonfunctional CFLs before I throw them out.

[@xanataph]

I reckon it's definitely worth saving the high voltage caps. They usually have reasonable length wires on them. Also in many I have scrapped that have failed the transistors often still work.

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Foarte fain

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Great nice exelent sir

[@Ni5ei]

Is it possible to apply a lower voltage just enough to create a plasma but not heat it enough to bend the bi-metal? I would like to have a starter permanently lit with the argon glow.

[@kfash5198]

Amazing video. It's obvious you always take your time to make these videos. What software do you use for your animations?

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Thanks. I use after effects!

[@MarekMachava]

nice, thank you

[@Yureka-ox5jn]

@11:16 I don't see the loop being closed with respect to primary section

[@Yureka-ox5jn]

I think inductor when collapse the magnetic field will drive the base of the transistor to make it on.

[@vladekhr275]

I have 2 tubes from 2 CFLs. Can you post a video of how to repair a cfl bulb?

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I feel intros are getting better

[@RhinoStar0]

How do make the animations? Can you do a tutorial on that?

[@danielv3228]

What causes the starter to cool down? Is it just the fact that because they came together, there is no more plasma creating heat and once seperated, the coil dumps and pushes enough voltage to get the tube going?

[@jrbjeremie2354]

Thanks u man

[@narayanbandodker5482]

Nice explanation! But I didn't get why there are two different pairs of wires (or two different tubes) in the CFL, instead of just one? Does it make the circuit simpler (it does look similar to an astable multivibrator)?

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

two pairs because we have an electrod on each end with two connections.

[@AmazingMJ07]

What will be the voltage and current value at output?

[@ankitsingh4043]

Thanks.

[@MrAj198]

Why do the tungsten electrodes fail in atmosphere, when not in a vacuum?

[@VMX-pc2ye]

so the bimetallic switch inside the starter will auto disconnect when the lamp turn on only right? for example if the lamp did not turn on so the bimetallic switch inside starter will continue to connect untill the lamp succesfully turn on then the bimetallic will disconnect. am i correct?