CFL

[timelessbeing]

Dear Dave.
It would be great if you could tear down a compact fluorescent bulb, give a reverse engineered circuit diagram, probe the outputs on your scope, measure the efficacy with your light meter etc.

Cheers from Canada.

[mariush]

This guy tested a lot of cfl lamps and "reverse engineered" the circuits in them and explains pretty well how they work:

http://www.pavouk.org/hw/lamp/en_index.html

Hope it helps.

[Thor-Arne]

This guy tested a lot of cfl lamps and "reverse engineered" the circuits in them and explains pretty well how they work:

http://www.pavouk.org/hw/lamp/en_index.html

Hope it helps.

Wow, you really put a lot of effort in this.
Thanks for sharing.   

[mariush]

It's not *my* page, thank the guy on that page. I just bookmarked it a while ago, when there was another discussion - i believe- in this very same forum.

[Thor-Arne]

It's not *my* page, thank the guy on that page. I just bookmarked it a while ago, when there was another discussion - i believe- in this very same forum.

Ah, Ok. Thanks anyway. And the one who made it of course.