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Cold cathode^W lamp

CCFL stands for Cold-Cathode-Fluorescent-Lamp

This is a new kind of Fluorescent-lamp that has cold Cathode tubes. Because there is no heat production there is less energy loss. The cathodes are on the outer end on the inside of the CCFL-tube-lamp. This tube-lamp needs very high voltage to work; the inverter-transformer produces this voltage. The CCFL parts are the CCFL-tube-lamp and CCFL-inverter.

Other names for this kind of lamp:12-Volt Heavy-Duty Inspection-lamp, work-lamp, garage-stick-lamp, Fluorescent portable lamp

3rd world CCFL lamp 2007 model

3rd world CCFL lamp 2008 model

[edit] Introduction

A Cold_Cathode_Fluorescent_Lamp source haves match advantages. But one big disadvantage is that the lamp is very thin and need good protection against breaking.

This lamp can have up to four CCFL-lamps and inverters, taken from electronic equipment like old document-scanners.

[edit] Benefit tubes in PET bottles

[edit] Safety

-Is more light-weight than the known type of lamp-cap -low voltage system

[edit] shape form

• Is very simple and fast to make.
• Is very simple to explain how to make.
• Have no sharp edges.
• Is lightweight only 0.2 kg, if the lamp-cap falls
• Outside is made of soft elastic materials.

[edit] electric

• Is watertight.
• No metal outer parts that can conduct dangerous electricity.

[edit] Sustainability

• If the lamp-cap falls, the elastic plastic breaks the fall.
• Can survive more vibration and higher fall from heights.
• The lamp-cap is air tight and hard to compress.
• The tubes-lamps are protected against vibration and shocks.
• The tubes have a very long life.
• Insects, dust and water can not get inside this lamp-cap.
• The bottle material Polyethylene-Terephthalate (PET) remains clear and strong for years
• The chips-bag material (Metalized PET/LDPE) remains reflective for years.

[edit] In Use

• Pivotable in every direction.
• The outside of the PET-bottle material is very clear and smooth, and easy to clean with water.

[edit] Tools to make the CCFL-lamp cap

Measure tool, Sharp knife, Soldering material, Wire cutter, Sewing neadle

Cigarette lighter or matches

More

[edit] Material to make the CCFL-lamp cap

2mm thick sticks, like sate sticks

Gummy type of (spray) glue.

Chips-bag reflecting Metalized foil material LDPE^W

CCFL^W-inverters and tube-lamps out of old document-scanners.

Flexible electric-wire like 2x0.75 MM2.

PET-bottles Recycling of PET Bottles^W

Thin Nylon fishing-line.

1 mm Thick nylon fishing-line

(bamboo)wood stick

[edit] Electric parts

[edit] Soldering the electronic parts

WARNING the CCFL-inverter can have a dangerous high voltage output. Do not extend the wire between the inverter and flurecient tube-lamp. More than one electronic inverter or electronic balast Some type of inverters can feed two or more Fluorescent tube Lamp. Here is more information where to find CCFL material Cold_Cathode_Fluorescent_Lamps

Soldering the Cold Cathode Fluorescent lamps and the 12 volt CCFL-inverter

Soldering the CCFL-parts

Connecting the EEFL-parts

[edit] External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp(EEFL)

EEFL looks like CCFL with external Electrodes

There are EEFL inverters that can feed more than two parallel EEFL tube lamps .

[edit] Tube-lamp-cap with old model fluorescent tube

Some people want to make a new clean lamp-cap for their old fluorescent-tube-lamp(S) and electronic ballast.

Clean the fluorescent-tube-lamp(s) for more light.

With the same building instructions it is possible to make a lamp-cap with one or two old tube-lamp(s) and electronic ballasts.

This type of electronic transformer (electronic ballast) has the same dimensions as a electronic inverter. The thyristor component does heat up; do NOT let it touch the plastic foil. In this tube-lamp-cap there is space to make a bigger aluminium heat-sink cooling plate.

It is possible to use a energy efficient CCFL inverter to feed a small thin fluorescent lamp like a T5 model.

A fluorescent-tube-lamp can not handle the heat of tin-soldering.

Tin-Solder the flexeble electric-wire to a two self-made tinplate clamp for every fluorescent-tube-lamp that slides over the two pins of the fluorescent-tube-lamp. Do not use massive electric-wire Use very thin metal tin plate.

This tube-lamp-cap design is stronger and is more lightweight than the factory model fluorescent tube-lamp-work-light. The PET material is more clear and the chipsbag material reflex better the light.

Tin-Solder the electric-wire to the tinplate clamp

thumb|right|tube-lamp wire clamp |200px

flexible isolated copper Wire

Soldering wire on clamp

[edit] Fluorescent lamp tube

Fluorescent tube lamp with filament glow coils

Use Fluorescent lamp 12 INCH or 285mm 12 Volt/8 watt for holder/socket type T5 or G5 

Do NOT use a 110 or 220 Volt Fluorescent lamp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp

Size of TL lamp

Chips-bag reflecting plastic foil

[edit] Assamble

[edit] Reflecting chips-bag foil

Use Chips-bag material with reflective inside.

The plastic is Metalized PET/LDPE.

This material remains reflective for years, much better than aluminum-foil.

Test this plastic to make sure it is flame-resistant.

Do NOT use PE-plastic or PP-plastic plastic^W

Cut out a piece of the reflecting foil out of a chips-bag

Chips bag material

[edit] Glueing the foil

Use glue that does not damage the reflective layer.

Spray a thin layer of glue like Tixotrope on basis of polychloropreenrubber.

Put the layer parts together without air bubbles in between.

Roll up the plastic layers so it stays in the rolled-up position.

[edit] Melting twelve holes

Chips-bag reflecting plastic

layers Reflecting chips-bag material

Take 3 layers if Chips-bag reflecting foil

holes in reflecting plastic

[edit] Fishing-thread and Sate-sticks

Thin nylon fishing-thread

Thin bamboo sate-sticks

There are three sticks needed

Use good quality wooden sate-sticks

Sate-sticks

Wrap Plastic around electronic-transformer(s)

[edit] Wrap thie foil around electronic-transformer(s)

Put the electronic-transformer(s) in the roll and leave the Tube-lamp(s) outside.

Binding Tube-lamp(s) and Stick

[edit] Binding tube-lamp(s) to the Stick

Press one sate-sticks trough three holes of the foil

Bind with one peice of thin nylon fishing-thread the tube-lamp(s) to this sate-stick.

slide in second and third sticks

[edit] Slide in second and third sate-Stick

Slide in the second sate-Stick trough one hole in the foil, through a knot in the electric-wire, and through the other holes of the foil.

The knot is to protect the inverter for pulling forces on the electric-wire.

And slide in the third sate-stcks through the four holes in the foil.

Three_Sticks

Do not bind the a thin lamp-tube to all three of the sate-sticks, otherwise the lamp-tube will break more easily.

With the This drawing is to show how you can use more than one CCFL-lamp and inverter(s)

3rd world ccfl lamp in PET bottles

[edit] Printable building instruction

(press to enlarge)

1. Cut 3 layer reflecting chips-bag plastic A4 format, same length tube lamp

2. Reflecting surface on the outside

3. Melt 12x small holes in plastic with a needle.

4. Cut 3x thin-stick on length of diameter PET-bottle.

5. 2x knot in 12-Volt-wire.

6. Put 2x thin-stick through plastic and 1x thin-stick through plastic and knot

7. Put plastic through opening between inverter and tube-lamp

7. Put 3x thin-stick through holes

8. Knot tube-lamp to thin-stick with thin wire

9. Put 3x thin-stick through plastic

[edit] Tube-lamp-cap with more fluorescent tube-lamps

4 CCFL lamps without PET bottles protection

How to tie more tube-lamps to the sate-stick|thumb

With the same building instruction it is possible to make a lamp-cap with two three or four Fluorescent tube Lamp

Outside PET-bottle bottom

[edit] Lamp-cap shell

[edit] (2007 model)

Make two bottles smoothly formed with steam Bottle smooth formed Plastic

Cut and melt a hole in the outside PET-bottle.

Outside PET-Bottle sizes

Inside PET-bottle bottom

Inside PET Bottle sizes

Slide in Bottle bottom

[edit] Slide in Bottle bottom

Make a rough surface on the inside of the PET-bottle-bottom, using coarse sandpaper or other tool.

Pull the whole length of wire through the hole in the PET-bottle-bottom and slide in the assembled parts

The second knot is to protect the electronic-transformer(s) for pulling forces on the electric-wire

Slide Bottle in Bottle

[edit] Slide in Bottle in Bottle

Make a rough surface on the outside of the shortest-bottle-bottom, using coarse sandpaper or other tool.

Slide in shortest bottle-bottom inside the longest one. (Do not slide the longest bottle bottom inside the shortest one.)

Otherwise the long bottle of the lamp-cap can compress and let air in, which would make the Tube-lamp-cap less stiff

Make sure the coarse surface on the inside- and outside bottle-bottoms are in contact with each other.

This is to prevent the bottle-bottom from sliding unwanted out of each-other.

[edit] Make water and air-tight

Glue the electric-wire in the hole in one side of the bottle-bottom with Hot-melt glue or gummy type of glue. If you take the same size bottle halves it is almost air tight already. A good air-tight lamp-cap is better protected against mechanical compression. If this kind of lampcap can be made air tight it can be extremely strong.

[edit] (2008 model)

work in progress

Lamp in one PET bottle shell

Hole in the bottle screw-cap

Cut Bottle lamp shell

Bottle lamp shell open.PNG Bottle lamp shell open

Coming soon, How to put the tube-lamp and inverter assamble in one lamp

Bottle lamp shell close

Sewing the PET bottle.PNG Sewing the PET bottle.PNG

Sealing air tight Sealing it air tight|

Sealing haves to be done from the inside out.

[edit] Pivot joint

With a pivot you can point the lamp to needed direction

PET bottle joint

[edit] 2007 model

PET bottle double pivot

Thick Nylon_fishing_thread.PNG

[edit] Thick fishing thread and Hook

Hook or eye

Thick nylon fishing thread

Hook or eye

Stick out end

[edit] Stick out end

The PET-bottle must slide over the out-end easley.

Bamboo stick out end

Stick out end

[edit] Assemble joint parts

The nylon fishing thread is very slippery Use the right type of knot to connect the ends together A knot named the "Water knot"

Link Water knot

Assemble joint parts

[edit] Printable buiding instuction

CCFL LAMP 2007 model

Steam 2x PET-plastic bottle

A. Cut 1x bottle in part A,B,L

A. Do not use part A

B. Put part B around part E

C. Cut second bottle in part C,F

C. Do not use C

D. Drill hole in bottom F

E. Put 12-Volt-wire through hole in F

F. Put F around part E and part B

G. Make hole in F air-tight

K Put thick plastic wire loop on hook M

L. Fit L on stick N

M. Make hook on stick N

N Stick N

O. part F through part K

[edit] Pivot joint 2008 model

Saw the M6 nut.PNG

Stef-pivot-joint

For the middle sized arm lenght.

You need:

• bold M5x40mm
• Ring 5mm x 15mm x2mm
• Ring 10mm x 20mm x2mm
• Nut M6
• Hex screw or hex bold M5x50mm
• Ring 10mm x 20mm x2mm
• Ring 5mm x 15mm x2mm
• Spacer
• Spring ring M5
• Wingnut M5
• metal or aluminium strip proximately 2mm thick 15mm wide, long 175mm

[edit] links

3rd world arm lamp

Electrical_wiring_and_switching

Cold_Cathode_Fluorescent_Lamps

Electrical wiring and switching

Low voltage connection basics