Inverter CFL Light & Battery Charger

[xxDarkGregxx]

What is the specs of the energy coming out into the CFL/Battery?

[xxDarkGregxx]

What is the night light in the schematics? Is it the one labeled "Tail light Bulb"?

[KyleCarrington]

I just finished my inverter circuit, and I was wandering through your videos and VOILA, you answered my next question. My transformer turned out pretty good. One thing I don't like is I am getting "black ends" on my bulbs. Plasma I guess. Definitely a good learning experience. Will look over your changes and mods now that I have mine built. Thanks Lid.

[Sandynutsack]

painfully boreing show the light already.

[skonkfactory]

By "radiant energy charger" you mean "buck converter".

[coder119]

Thanks for the post!

[coder119]

hello Lidmotor, what is the value of the diode?

[xxnichole71893xx]

What type of CFL bulb did you use? Is it functioning well like the CFL bulbs commercially available or busted CFL bulb? thanks! God bless!

[moveEcritik]

most Cfl's say right on it "not for use with dimmers"

[AWRY13]

PRETTY COOL

[chabo82]

or you could saw a cfl open and attach an 12 vdc battery cause they run off a small amout of dc.

[TheLightningStalker]

It's best to drive fluorescent lights with a symmetrical waveform.

[marthale7]

Thanks! Good to have the light at full brightness when you need it.

[Lidmotor]

Its great--but you pay for it in amp draw. Nothing is easy. I figure that I'll just use a bigger solar panel. The light has to be enough to really use.

[ipariah]

NiceOne Lid i started to worry you had gone too quiet now i see Y

[Lidmotor]

I have been studying and building pieces of the puzzle--- one at a time.

[MoonSpyStudios]

cool vary nice lidmotor

[Lidmotor]

Thanks.  Another fun project.

[crob227]

good job

is the CFL still altered?

[GBluer]

Very Nice Lidmotor

Thank you for posting this 5/5

[Lidmotor]

Thanks. I learned alot more about induction with this build. The coil has three wires on it and they all interact. I had to play around with cap values and resistors before it worked right.