Inside a cheap AliExpress fluorescent ballast
Added 2023-01-17 03:04:29 +0000 UTCTwo videos about electronic ballasts in a row, so my apologies to those who don't find them interesting.
It's useful to see the circuitry used, since it could provide inspiration for similar circuitry in other applications.
It's notably similar to electronic halogen transformers, neon sign power supplies and the notoriously bad ozone generator power supplies that were being pushed during the pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpwudcsX8g
Comments
Strange to see electrolytics in series without balancing resistors..
Gordo
2023-01-22 17:38:59 +0000 UTCI was wading through this HID / SOX electronic ballast circuit and description the other day if anyone needs a much more in depth explanation and demonstration of keeping a discharge tube in it's optimum operating conditions. http://elm-chan.org/works/hiddrv/report.html
Russell Couper
2023-01-19 18:08:17 +0000 UTC
