2 kV MOT's versus some CFL lamps

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

I LMAO'd so hard when that CFL lamp melted, fell over then broke loose and fell off the edge. TOO FUNNY! :-D

Thanks for showing,

-BoomBoxDeluxe.

[LUVB6CPPgmodcsscoder]

ja Nederlandse voltmeter in niew zeeland xD

[Jhfgsjdcd]

You do know that they had mercury inside , well microparticles

[MrRootbrian]

I loved the big flameout! Now that was something else! Poor alligator clips. Mine had the same fate. I haven't gotten any replacements yet, maybe i'll get some, then make use of the remaining SLA's I have to melt twist ties, paper clips and pins. Hmm, maybe even volt a few cockroaches too! (on video that is).

[DragonFlyback256]

Sweet cat. The first CFL is the best so far.

[Kurtreidable]

Thanks for the shout, Have you checked out kmart, they oftern have cheep florescent tubes for sale. I got some for my experiment but if it doesn't work I'll pop them.

I got two 33watt round tubes and a pack of 2 philips 18 watt tubes for $5

[RODALCO2007]

@Kurtreidable Thanks for that tip Kurt.

I get my old lamps through work from the bin ( for free ) Gratis which is even better. I missed out last week when about 50 tubes were binned.

Got about 500 batteries waiting destruction. lot more work setting up with heavy cables, transformers etc.

[More350Power]

CFL Death at 50hz love it!

[HDXFH]

Those Eco Friendly CFL's, so good for our environment, nice pops

[daewooparts]

CFL's = "crappy florescent lamps" or  "cheap fckn lights" !

[nodariel]

I like the blackened bulb effect on the cfl

[rocketman221projects]

You should try connecting the mot to the cfl leads with the pcb removed. It would probably light up and pop at 2kv.

[daewooparts]

haha! so much for the theory of "eco friendly CFL's" @ 1:01~1:22

[daewooparts]

@daewooparts haha! it even commits suicide too ! @1:24~1:31 , guess it couldn't take all the lies that CFL's claim to be for the enviorment !!!

[ms63129]

@daewooparts

What's up with all of the hate against CFLs? Presumably you had a bad experience because you used some cheap Chinese crap or when they first came out; the ones I have right now emit light just like ordinary incandescent bulbs and have lasted FAR longer. Plus, since my electric power mostly comes from coal, a lot more mercury - far more than is in a CFL (which can also be recycled) is emitted to run an incandescent.

[daewooparts]

@ms63129 they have about much mercury as a can of tunafish ! its the crappy quality of most of these lights unless osram sylvania or philips , the chinese ones are garbo , rather just use LED lights and save even more money

[DragonFlyback256]

@daewooparts

In a few years (but may take a decade or three even) LED's (OLED's maybe?) will completely phase out CFL's and incands.

[Knaeckebrotsaege]

@ms63129 none of the CFLs with a switchmode PSU inside last long. I've tried lots of them.. Osram, Philips.. you name it... none of them lasted more than a year or 1 and a half at best.

the only CFL i have which lasted (a lot) longer than that is a Philips SL18 (18W, 900lumen) with a conventional ballast in the base, dating from September 1985 (2 years older than i am!)

bambooz.pytalhost . net/stuff/Philips_SL18.jpg

[RODALCO2007]

@daewooparts These lamps are major polutors of landfills

[9c1holden]

@daewooparts now thats how you make a blacklight out of a normal lamp

[DragonFlyback256]

@9c1holden

lol.

[lebeyes]

Looks like you have the same carpet as photonicinduction ;-)

[mraiford]

@lebeyes I was watching one of photonicinduction's videos the other day, and saw the carpet in *the* room. All I could think was, man, that carpet has had a rough life, but it's seen some awesome stuff!

[RODALCO2007]

@lebeyes The garage floor is from concrete, bit easier to clean.

[thewii552]

You should edit the ammeter closeup over top of the main camera, so it kinda runs more fluidly, without it being replayed.

[RODALCO2007]

@thewii552 Yes that would be great, but I haven't got the editing software for it.

[MrRootbrian]

@RODALCO2007 nch software's Videopad can do that with the Overlay feature. I recently tried that with a triangled vlog with three video streams. it was... nice! The software is free for AVI files and the paid version allows you to save in other video formats.

[Roobert33]

Very nice ^__^