my 1st flourescent lamp mod

[waion]

Here's my 1st flourescent lamp mod:

Spec:

- flourescent tubes: totally 20W, 35cm long x 3mm OD (for one tube, two tubes there)
- power: 18650 * 3 supplying the converter
- 6amp Switch: at the rear of the light

I tried it outdoor last night. The light output is great. People were curious about it but they could just hardly look at it.

 

[Nell]

Any photos of it lit up?
How long will it run with three 18650 cells?

Nice idea.

 

[Bullzeyebill]

Converter? Specs available?

Bill

 

[Ken_McE]

*Pictures waion secretly going out on foggy nights, going VRMMM~VVRRMM~VRWHOOSH! in the fog with it*

May the (fluorescent) force be with you.

 

[Bogus]

Hi On,

This looks great. Saw your mod in the FFHK site but didn't know what it was!:lolsign:

Will you be using it this Friday for Mid-Autumn Festival?

Bogus.

 

[waion]

Photos are difficult to show how does this mod perform. All I can say is that it's a bright 20w powerful flourescent mod. That flourescent tubes are the brightest I have ever seen for its size class. I was told that these were used in vehicle decoration.

I think it's using a step-up converter (12V input, ? output). The size of that converter is small. In contrast to what I had expected, t didn't get quite heat-up when in use.

I used it outdoor last Sunday. People were curious about it but they just couldn't figure out what it was - they found difficult at looking at this mod!

LOL, although it looks fraily ugly, it seems very like a light saber in the dark, as one can only see the light-emitting part and the handle but not the converter (at the other side of the white battery tube).

Yes! I definitely will bring it out again to play with, esp in the Mid-Autumn Festival night!