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Article #6703Re: Lo-voltage florescent bulbs?
From: Michael A. Covington
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:24
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:24
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In article <BuJIMH.8Kn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pdg@math.uiuc.edu (Paul Grayson) writes: > I've seen lots of flashlights with what looked like florescent bulbs in them. The flashlights ran at <10Volts. Does anyone know where I could get the bulbs?? They are ordinary bulbs with a special circuit that chops the DC into AC and steps it up to a high voltage. If I'm not mistaken, they never use the filaments in the bulbs -- instead, they rely on a much higher voltage to generate the arc discharge. -- + Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA + Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Lo-voltage florescent bulbs? Message-ID: <1992Sep14.052440.4138@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 14 Sep 92 05:24:40 GMT Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep14.052440.4138 References: <BuJIMH.8Kn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 14