Filament Mercury Inert Gas

FLOURESCENT TUBE
Current passes through the both filament in each electrode. The filament heated and ionized the inert gas. Electron passes through ionized gas, causing mercury to vaporize. The mercury vapor becomes "excited" and generates radiant energy in ultraviolet range. Internal phosphor coating converts the ultraviolet into visible light.

How Fluorescent Lamp With Magnetic Ballast Works ?

Live

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Terminal Pin

Internal Phosphorus Coating

Neutral

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STARTER

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Contact point

To let the initial current going through inside starter and acts as a switch that always on-off. The heat generated by the current flow causes the bimetallic strip to bend towards the other to touch contact point, and when cooled, it bends back to reopening the gap. The current

stops flowing through starter when it can flow through fluorescent tube.
Inert gas Contact strip

MAGNETIC BALLAST
To create high initial voltage with the on-off action performs by a starter. To limit current to the fluorescent tube. In fluorescent tube, gas discharge causes resistance to decrease and make the current increase. If this current isnt controlled, it can cause the blow out of the other components.

1 ) Switch on 2) Current flowing through filament. Inert gas ionized and filament emit the electrons 3) Current flowing through a starter 4) Magnetic ballast generate high voltage due to the on-off actions perform by a starter 5) Filament emit an electrons, mercury vaporize, electrons (current) flowing inside fluorescent tube and emit visible light 6) Magnetic ballast control the current zon152.blogspot.com