The Fluorescent Lamp - How it Works - Inventors

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
  • Introduction to fluorescent lamps: How it works, inventors, animations. The fluorescent light is the most prolific type of lamp in the world. For indoor lighting it remains the lowest cost efficient light source. Inventors include George Inman, Richard Thayer, Edmund Germer, Albert Hull, Ed Hammer, John Anderson. GE, Westinghouse, Sylvania, OSRAM, Philips all contributed to the fluorescent lamp. It uses two electrodes which send current through argon and mercury vapor to make UV light. The UV light strikes phosphors which convert the energy into visible light.
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  • @108CAM
    @108CAM Год назад +1

    My favourite light source

  • @blaze8888888800
    @blaze8888888800 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you! Thank you thank you! I've been trying to research how flourescent lamps have different spectrums and this video explains everything so well!

  • @E5Bobby
    @E5Bobby 10 лет назад +11

    Wow! Just WOW! you, sir are incredibly knowledgeable about lights. Thank you for this very well made video! Excellent!

  • @md.mozahidurrahman927
    @md.mozahidurrahman927 5 лет назад

    Wow! Thanks for sharing the beautiful history of lamp :)

  • @spurrya
    @spurrya 8 лет назад +1

    Haha no idea how I ended up here bit glad I did! Good stuff + well explained.

  • @peregrinussolutionsllc6010
    @peregrinussolutionsllc6010 4 года назад

    Absolutely FANTASTIC video!!! Thank you so much for sharing your immense knowledge and experience with us! :-D

  • @blueticecho5690
    @blueticecho5690 7 лет назад +4

    I been around town changing out old T12s in old filling stations and replacing with LEDs and i came across a T12 ballast to a twin 8ft. pin type that had a 1972 date on it...and yes it was still in service.

  • @mikemelnyk505
    @mikemelnyk505 4 года назад

    Nice video. Thank you.

  • @zeproo
    @zeproo 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing technology still going strong. Much better light than led.

  • @martj030
    @martj030 10 лет назад

    Thanks, very helpful.

  • @dgcko9082
    @dgcko9082 7 лет назад

    really useful videos i found that u have uploaded.. thankz for the fine explanations ..really found it very useful (y)

  • @gearhead0800
    @gearhead0800 6 лет назад

    nice video, very helpful

  • @farukthehandyman3650
    @farukthehandyman3650 2 года назад +1

    Today the LEDs are unbeatable.

  • @EricWentx
    @EricWentx 9 лет назад +2

    good video.

  • @MrIsiva
    @MrIsiva 8 лет назад +1

    just great!!!!!!

  • @OwenSchramko
    @OwenSchramko 7 лет назад +10

    Th actual creator (my great grandpa) is the inventor of the glass tubing around the neon lights

  • @halfhigh
    @halfhigh 9 лет назад

    Thanks for the vid, needed for some lighter research

  • @rosyphoenix4984
    @rosyphoenix4984 3 года назад

    beaUTIFUL START !

  • @edwinrodrigocampossolis7169
    @edwinrodrigocampossolis7169 4 года назад

    Very Good Video 😇

  • @cesaralvarado775
    @cesaralvarado775 8 лет назад

    Cool.

  • @DieselDucy
    @DieselDucy 2 года назад

    at 5:13 is that light fixture a Sylvania Miralume? I have one similar.

  • @Techmatt167Official
    @Techmatt167Official 12 лет назад

    preheat was in the pat including t12 bulbs.
    everything is being replaced with instant start t8 ballasts because they save energy

  • @sandmastermaster
    @sandmastermaster 7 лет назад +5

    Video actually starts at 1:00

  • @EdisonTechCenter
    @EdisonTechCenter  11 лет назад +1

    it is AC, so it is switching back and forth. Both sides are both anode and cathode depending on the moment.

  • @cloviscareca
    @cloviscareca 6 лет назад +1

    whats the intro song? I love it

  • @Irish2007
    @Irish2007 10 лет назад +1

    what do you thinks best instant on or rapid start

  • @dubmona1301
    @dubmona1301 7 лет назад

    love the way Mr DeLair doesn't BS about pros and cons.Some so called experts
    often say things so the agenda would be best served.Opposed
    to conveying facts.Denying the less learned the
    ability to have basic facts as building blocks for thought.

  • @Irish2007
    @Irish2007 11 лет назад +1

    when a fluorescent lamp burns out what usually goes the mercury gas or the filiments

  • @bon12121
    @bon12121 5 лет назад +3

    Great video. I wonder why sometimes the light can go pink/purple as the lamp ages.

    • @porcupinepunch6893
      @porcupinepunch6893 3 года назад +1

      That's because the phosphor coating on the lamp eventually degrades and it stops converting the blue light as efficiently.

    • @shaunclarke94
      @shaunclarke94 2 года назад +1

      I think that happens when one of the gases depletes. I think Argon?

    • @eduardoveytia244
      @eduardoveytia244 Год назад

      A mí me avían dicho que hera por problemas de mercurio

    • @LymezoidMusic
      @LymezoidMusic 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@shaunclarke94I believe mercury.

  • @dwetick1
    @dwetick1 4 года назад

    The ballast is a load that keeps current flowing even if the gas does not ignite...that's why its there.

  • @sparkyy7568
    @sparkyy7568 3 года назад

    what is the music used in the intro scene

  • @cassiarose3415
    @cassiarose3415 6 лет назад

    Uhmmm... Where is Mr. Agapito Flores? If I'm not mistaken he also made something like what Hewitt did but instead of greenish light, it produces white light. Please correct me if I'm wrong...

  • @peterlengyel8325
    @peterlengyel8325 11 лет назад

    Can 2- 24 inch flourescent lamp fixtures be installed end to end by wiring white to white and black to black combining the two transformers?

  • @porcupinepunch6893
    @porcupinepunch6893 3 года назад +1

    What music is used at 7:42?

  • @80sbreaker
    @80sbreaker 9 лет назад

    how how can i chose a Fluorescent bulb that has good reading light i like flourecent light for reading it feels natural any advice on choosing a flourecent bulb that has good clear reading luminocity

  • @yiunam
    @yiunam 12 лет назад

    i would like to know what are the other method to start the lamp? and the different between Rapid Start Socket and Instant Start Sockets? are these another two starting method...thank you ..

  • @yiunam
    @yiunam 12 лет назад

    i got a question, dont we use starter in the lamp anymore? or it is being replace by something else like ballast?

  • @Irish2007
    @Irish2007 11 лет назад

    when a lamp burns up what usually goes hte ends or the gas ect

  • @CampKohler
    @CampKohler 12 лет назад

    Actually, if you think about it, only one end is a cathode at any one moment, the other end being an anode until the polarity of the AC reverses.
    Now what happens if you put a 37W lamp in a 40W fixture?

  • @jamesmasonic
    @jamesmasonic 7 лет назад

    What is the music starting at 5:57 ?

  • @adrianvlogs55
    @adrianvlogs55 3 года назад +1

    These cant be beatenn
    LED: Hold my beer

  • @tristanwatson1
    @tristanwatson1 9 лет назад +1

    Question, what would cause a lighted sign when turnec on to flicker on and off constantly?

    • @subway5411
      @subway5411 8 лет назад

      Bad bulb. Replace the lamp and it should be fine. If that doesn't solve it, then it's probably the ballast. How old is the sign?

  • @dwetick1
    @dwetick1 4 года назад

    They don't want to ignite when temps drop below 32 degrees F (0 C). Any solutions? LEDs will replace flourescents, I predict.

  • @zanimljivastruja7511
    @zanimljivastruja7511 5 лет назад +2

    I collect old bulbs and starters.

  • @charlesprince3204
    @charlesprince3204 7 лет назад

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @-na-nomad6247
    @-na-nomad6247 9 лет назад

    my biggest problem withe these lights is frequency, i can see the blinking of the light even tho i use multiple lights from each side of my office

  • @CUBETechie
    @CUBETechie 4 года назад

    What if we use a no florescent powder? Would it still works?
    And could i place Solar Panels around in a specific distance and would it work?

    • @dwetick1
      @dwetick1 4 года назад +1

      No...you would have a UV (visible and invisible) lamp only.

  • @cezarciofu157
    @cezarciofu157 8 лет назад

    how work in DC 220v?

  • @nancymoxica1593
    @nancymoxica1593 4 года назад

    my grandma has an old one like that

  • @EdisonTechCenter
    @EdisonTechCenter  12 лет назад

    There is only one cathode at time and they switch sides. This was answered below.

  • @cengeb
    @cengeb 11 лет назад

    Philips introduced the first electronic CFL in around 1982, the incandescent lamps have been obsolete for way too long to ever be used.

  • @mikailgeorge
    @mikailgeorge 12 лет назад

    Umm......just a question......shouldn't one electrode be a cathode and one an anode for current flow.....how come both are cathodes?

  • @SGTDeVera
    @SGTDeVera 9 лет назад

    Question: My fish tank florescent hood lamp push button switch has 4 wires, why?

    • @subway5411
      @subway5411 8 лет назад

      It's a 2 pole switch. It's like you take 2 switches and put them in to one

  • @mr.dahliaking.202
    @mr.dahliaking.202 9 лет назад

    EdisonTeachCenter what is your name in lighting gallery? I want to see your posts and pictures of your collection?

  • @monkeytesttimeservice8210
    @monkeytesttimeservice8210 4 года назад

    Agapito Flores was the last inventor.that is why..it is called.now flourescent

  • @BLOODjack143
    @BLOODjack143 10 лет назад +1

    I guess LED will beat flourescent may be I'm not sure I hope LED better beats it

  • @user-fe3ns7yc1c
    @user-fe3ns7yc1c 3 года назад

    💡👍40,18,15⚡

  • @user-dw8sk4sk4k
    @user-dw8sk4sk4k 5 лет назад +1

    костя💡👍40

  • @AAA-iy9jz
    @AAA-iy9jz 4 года назад

    Why do they make sounds sometimes

  • @Techmatt167Official
    @Techmatt167Official 12 лет назад +1

    the sockets dont make a difference unbless its a t5 bulb. there is instant start, preheat start, rapid start magnetic rapid start and more.

  • @EdisonTechCenter
    @EdisonTechCenter  11 лет назад

    That is the correct spelling in several languages, so it is easy for that to slip through QC. How many languages do you speak? probably one...

  • @Muonium1
    @Muonium1 12 лет назад

    Be very very careful with early (30s-40s) fluorescent bubs if you collect those. The phosphor is zinc beryllium silicate, which like a lot of beryllium compounds can be horribly toxic and carcinogenic. If you break one, cleaning up the phosphor powder should be done with EXTREME caution to avoid inhalation.

    • @blueticecho5690
      @blueticecho5690 7 лет назад

      I was told that when the towers came down on 911 that over a million tubes were destroy ...no wonder we got so many sick people out of that mess. Sad...

  • @lestataicarged8617
    @lestataicarged8617 9 лет назад

    uhmmm if not for controversy maybe Agapito Flores be named the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp.. just saying

  • @trevorskates94
    @trevorskates94 4 года назад

    I know this video is 7 years old, but wouldn’t LEDs be better overall? At least in terms of efficiency and reliability.

  • @BlittleMcNilsen
    @BlittleMcNilsen 11 лет назад +1

    "Only a few problems,"
    "Advantages outway the disadvantages,"
    Uh...eye strain? Migraines? SEIZURES? RASHES?
    Energy-efficient my sweaty balls, I'm sticking with incandescents. Light is far more appealing, and doesn't have such adverse effects on health in sensitive people. Eats up more electricity, but IMO it's a fair price to pay to actually get good, healthy light.

  • @xenamerry
    @xenamerry 8 лет назад

    I can't see your video. All there is, is a green screen.

  • @GAMEON-cc6ng
    @GAMEON-cc6ng 3 года назад

    Dc voltage

  • @ThePayola123
    @ThePayola123 12 лет назад

    Light pollution is a huge problem, especially in
    North America.

  • @EveryoneHarmonyPeace
    @EveryoneHarmonyPeace 7 лет назад +2

    But it is beaten by LED~~

  • @mjshull5321
    @mjshull5321 10 лет назад

    you're thinking of an X-Ray tube......

  • @cengeb
    @cengeb 11 лет назад

    Lamp efficiency has improved dramatically. New phosphors have much better CRI and life. Modern T8 and T5 goes out to 50,000 hours now. Old T12's could never do that, T12's are not gonna be made much longer. OBSOLETE

  • @alonsogaray4362
    @alonsogaray4362 4 года назад

    LEDs

  • @aljohndelacruz-st5iu
    @aljohndelacruz-st5iu Год назад

    😅

  • @hughsgarbagetrucks
    @hughsgarbagetrucks 2 года назад

    UwU

  • @ultrapredatorr
    @ultrapredatorr 10 лет назад

    Nicolas tesla is the best

  • @matthewbyrne464
    @matthewbyrne464 7 лет назад

    please face reveal

  • @sheet-son
    @sheet-son 10 лет назад

    Now tell my why ballasts are so expensive, and quit working all te time.

    • @BGroothedde
      @BGroothedde 10 лет назад

      They're not expensive at all in the Netherlands, the armature including the ballast, two starters and two tubes can be purchased for about 20 euros over here. I've replaced my double-tubed armature this week, because the ballast quit working after 8 years of almost continues service. Not bad, right?

    • @David-ce7mh
      @David-ce7mh 10 лет назад +1

      planned obsolescence.

    • @selvarajgovindaraj904
      @selvarajgovindaraj904 9 лет назад

      because its a new technology

  • @jarheadwithm16
    @jarheadwithm16 11 лет назад

    Made possible by a grant and you can't even care to spell "Disintegrate" correctly

  • @johnnydoggs
    @johnnydoggs 11 лет назад +1

    I thought tesla invented this shit !!!