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Title: Trying to explode an old burned out T8 36W Fluorescent tube.
Post by: elektro666tech on April 24, 2011, 11:45:22 AM

Hello everyone :)
As everybody knows I really don't like T8 fluorescent tubes, because they nearly totally replaced T12 fluorescent tubes in my country. A few days ago when I was bored I try to destroy a few old burned out T8 fluorescent tubes overdriving them on 4 ballasts  with summary power 1,6 kiloWatts. To start them on this setup I use 9kV ignitor SE15/7U made by BAG Turgi which is able to start even very burned out fluorescent tube ;D
Here is video which shows this experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IwCvfwwl28
Unfortunately the tube did not explode, does you have any ideas how to force it to explode ?

Title: Re: Trying to explode an old burned out T8 36W Fluorescent tube.
Post by: Medved on April 26, 2011, 01:29:07 PM

Fluorescent is a vacuum device,  so it would not EXPLODE.
Heavy overload would at first overload the electrodes, witch then crack their glass stern. Consequently the air would leak in and so the arc would extinguish, so the show end...

Title: Re: Trying to explode an old burned out T8 36W Fluorescent tube.
Post by: RCM on April 26, 2011, 06:42:16 PM

Take one end off and sticky dynamite in it?  ;D

Title: Re: Trying to explode an old burned out T8 36W Fluorescent tube.
Post by: A_lights on May 04, 2011, 08:28:57 PM

im guessing the lamp cycled because of excessive mercury pressure due to being overdriven ?

Title: Re: Trying to explode an old burned out T8 36W Fluorescent tube.
Post by: Medved on May 15, 2011, 12:00:53 AM

I don't think so, if it extinguish the arc, it s because of spent electrode coat...