Insight - How CFL works

Table of Contents:

  1. Insight - How CFL works
  2. Circuitry
  3. Wiring & Filament
CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) converts electrical energy to radiant energy. They are energy efficient and use better technology as compared to conventional tube lights and bulbs. It has two components:
a)      A glass tube filled with argon and mercury vapor & coated with a layer of fluorescent material.
b)      An electronic ballast circuit
The ballast circuit takes a 220 V input from external power source and sends a current into the fluorescent tube as output. When power supply is given to the CFL, filament attached with the cathode heats up and emits electrons in the tube. This ionizes the argon and mercury vapor particles.
 
CFL, Compact Fluorescent lamp
A 25 Watt CFL is shown in the above image.
 

Comments (9)

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Submitted by pravinkumar20081991 on Mon, 25/07/2011 - 23:06.

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Submitted by waqar khan on Wed, 03/08/2011 - 12:48.

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Submitted by niket27 on Wed, 03/08/2011 - 12:53.

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Submitted by sachi on Thu, 04/08/2011 - 12:40.

very informative article

plz atteched info about

Submitted by bhargavshankhalpara on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:43.

plz atteched info about circuit data....

nice work.can you explain me

Submitted by transsreekanth on Tue, 13/12/2011 - 11:54.

nice work.can you explain me the purpose of each elecrical component there?.

I Understood clearly the

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 27/07/2012 - 17:22.

I Understood clearly the basic function of Compact fluorescent lamp by your article. This is first time some one explain so easily the fundamentals of CFL. Thank you for your cool article.

 Thank you for the very

Submitted by DeepakPrasad on Thu, 18/10/2012 - 10:06.

 

Thank you for the very useful information...

Can you also please help me out by explaining its working....