How CFLs work - Plasma Arc Starter | Electronic Ballast
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🔥See how the old ballast + starter configuration works. Then see all components on the compact fluorescent lamp ballast and see how the circuit works. Also see the process inside the mercury tube and how it glows.
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@DIYwithBatteries
3 жыл бұрын
I like your channel Entry 🤪👍
@baseandtrance1110
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Big Fan and a equivalent electronic enthusiast. I have Modified the Multiwii code for Airplane to work with NRF24l01 . We would like you to make and show us your plane fly .
It's the best explanation of CFL lamps on KZread. Keep it up!
@aljsegovia
5 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you. I'll share to my students because it is so clearly explained.
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.
Great video , Thanks for doing video that I asked comments. This is the proof that you read all the comments dont worry abt some people saying that you don't read comments.
If you would have been my university teacher I would have topped all the time 😂
@Not-C-418
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah same
@mustafaalsenaidi4486
3 жыл бұрын
Same 🔥
@fireracerworkshop8251
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah bro. He is a brilliant teacher
@ALex-ts1gu
3 жыл бұрын
Can you tell us which software you use to visualize the animation? Thank, you are the best KZreadr ever!
@Not-C-418
3 жыл бұрын
@@ALex-ts1gu I think blinder
Just want to say the way you explained the compact circuit was amazing. Again to reiterate... amazing. The visual graph of the signal changing as you explain the circuit was SO CLEAR and HELPFUL... Thank you!
And..... LED came to the party. One of the greatest youtube videos, thanks a lot. very informative. Now I'm going to search on how to make a plasma ball out of this bulb :)
@GE1463
2 ай бұрын
And LED's are still trash.
@mhnoni
2 ай бұрын
@@GE1463 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.
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.
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
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I use after effects
0:27 Excellent!!! Magic smoke full of mercury vapor. Very smart.
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
Been following you for about four years now and am amazed by how much you still maintain the enthusiasm while explaining. Also the animations have obviously gotten significantly better.
@ELECTRONOOBS
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
Most underrated electronics channel I have came across. Well done guys!
I’ve been waiting for such video for a month now thanks man keep this up
This is absolutely the best explanation about ccfl lamp systems I found on youtube!
huge respect for you.. ❤️ so much hard work yet very underrated electronics channel..
Crystal clear explanation, great job
It's very amazing! Well detailed. Well explained. It's just amazing🙂
excellent description, I was amazed to see that momentary contact and then release
I was not watching your videos recently, just started from this video, no complaints, and as always, AWESOME CONTENT!! 👍👍😊
Your exexplanation is great and clear. I easily understood the theory. Very good animation
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.
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.
Sadly they are not popular nowadays, but I loved your clip
Such informative and learning videos are welcomed.
Mind blowing....🥰 Very useful
Wow! Very good research and demonstration. This is good for educational purpose, recommended. Keep it going on this awesome video like this. Thank you!
Well done. Very informative.Thank you.
Thanks, that was very interesting. 👍👍
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.
Good explanation thank you very much 👍😊
Great video thx for the informations that you always give
Awesome content...👍👍
Great explanation.
Excellent explantion ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another awesome explanation !
Excellent video
Animation gave me detailed idea. Thanks.....
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.
Awesome bro 👍
great video
Awesome video man... Keep your good work... Luv from India
Very good video keep it up
Thnx a lot. Your explain is the best 👌👍👍👍⚘⚘
Really Cool Video ❤️❤️❤️
Very well explained !
Que buena exposición!!!!
Good video 👍
thank you very much
8:30 FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER Oh, wrong channel 😂
I really need a teacher like u ❤️🔥
Thank you for your vidéo. Bonjour de Toulouse France.
Superb explanation
Foarte fain
Nice video
nice tutorial
Good job
This video is awesome You are professor
Wah bro impressed
the channel is great!
You're simply great. Here in Africa we enjoy your videos pretty well. If not for you, we would be in darkness with regards to technology. We are proud of you. With love from here.
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
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I think that would be a complicate topic. I'll have that on my to do list and get more info about it.
@TheAdeelAbdullah
3 жыл бұрын
www.nand2tetris.org/ I recommend this course if you want to learn about how processors work, from the nand gates level up to the software level.
Apka vivaran bahut accha hai (from INDIA, HINDI)
Thanks u man
nice, thank you
U are the best 😘😘
I love florescent lamp starters and plasma globes
You've always been a source of inspiration to me. I love the simple explanation. What software do you always use for your physics illustrations and circuit design that looks like fritzing
Good explanation Sir 😊👍
Great nice exelent sir
You explained it better than my book. Please cover HPMV lamp, mercury iodide lamp other old school lamps.
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 !
You are not ElectroNOOBs , you are ElectroPRO Bro..
Thanks.
Great 👍
I feel like I learned more from watching YT vids than from my college professors
Very nice video of professionnal grade ;)
Nice bro
Very interesting video! But, You forgot to explain the function of the DB3 diac. It is always in all of them. Greetings.
Great
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
9 ай бұрын
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.
Do a separate video on LC tank switching. & Compare it with as IC switching (normally use in almost every smps)
Amazing video. It's obvious you always take your time to make these videos. What software do you use for your animations?
@ELECTRONOOBS
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I use after effects!
this is a good quality content , i enjoyed it :D . one quesiton, do you do the electronic symbols yourself or there is a program that generate them
@ELECTRONOOBS
3 жыл бұрын
I do them myself or sometimes get the icons from google images
whats make the bimetallic contact open the circuit itself ?
I want to drive a 8W UV lamp can i do it with this cfl balast?
You r great sir !! Thank u very much. Dear sir , I want to know about wireless microphone. Please make a video on wireless microphone receiver & transmitter.
I never thought about how CLF's work! By the way, I am working on your brushed drone project but I have a problem. I don't want to buy the Radio transmitter due to budget issues as most controllers in my country cost around $60 to $80USD is there a way to control the drone with an nRF24 with my pc or phone? If not it's ok I can work with the Bluetooth modules but I want to use the nRF due to range problems. I have considered using the ESP8266 but I could not find a suitable code anywhere. Please, is there a way to use the drone from my pc or phone? or will I have to use the Bluetooth module instead(I do have the code for the Bluetooth module). Anyways thanks! I have learned a lot from you and will continue to do so.
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.
Love your videos 🤩. Can you make a video on GM328A Transistor Tester Diode Capacitance ESR Voltage Frequency Meter PWM Square Wave Signal Generator.
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.
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)
How do make the animations? Can you do a tutorial on that?
@ 7:10 ....how is the circuit closed near the starter? There must be some alternate path in the starter to complete the circuit?
What will be the voltage and current value at output?
Hello! Could you make a video on how to make a power supply transformerless for the esp’s projects? I usually use power supplies with transformer but they take a lot of space on the PCB, cheers from portugal
I have 2 tubes from 2 CFLs. Can you post a video of how to repair a cfl bulb?
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
3 жыл бұрын
bad manufacturer maybe... ?
@jamess1787
3 жыл бұрын
Just terrible technology. Too many electronic components same with cheap LED bulbs. Down to bad quality ballasts.
@narayanbandodker5482
3 жыл бұрын
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
3 жыл бұрын
@@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
3 жыл бұрын
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.
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?
Suppose I have 40watts cfl lamp ballast and I have 20W tube, can I use that ballast with the tube since after tube on voltage is limited by the circuit?
@ELECTRONOOBS
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure about that.... But I'm guessing that if the 40W circuit has no current limit, it will maybe burn the 20W lamp?
@AtiqurRahman-gj6mg
3 жыл бұрын
@@ELECTRONOOBS I tried it, it works and no magic smoke did not come out. But I am not sure that it will effect long run. I search youtube for explanation of this circuit but did not find any good one. But your video makes my concept clear about this circuit.