Ballast for Energy-saving Lamps CFL preheats, ignites and lights on singe-chip ballast

摘要

For sure, the incandescent bulb that's been with us for well over a century will be banned soon to the realms of Big Energy Wasters, and from there, to Oblivion. Its function, lighting our desks, streets and rooms is to be taken over, they say, by energy-saving light sources like CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). As opposed to the good old light bulb, a CFL needs an amount of electronics to start and light properly. Here we show a suitable circuit.