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FL inverter | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial)

Re: FL inverter (3.00 / 0) (#21)
by dinges on Wed Jul 26th, 2006 at 09:19:46 AM MST
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Zap,

Two days ago I took an old scanner apart and it seems to have EXACTLY the same inverter board in it. I only have one question: do you drive it with 5V or 12V?

I'm not sure whether it needs 5V or 12V. Wasn't easy to retrace on the PCBs anyway.

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Re: FL inverter (3.00 / 0) (#24)
by zap (bell47g5a at comcast dot net) on Mon Sep 4th, 2006 at 07:47:18 PM MST
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Hey Peter, I hope you see this reply.
I have a few of these inverters out of scanners, only one has shown up that wasn't 12v, it was 24v. I found the voltage listed on the main board for the first one (that I toasted). I found out the 24v by hooking the inverter to my pedal generator and pedaling till the bulb went to full brightness.

zap
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Re: FL inverter (3.00 / 0) (#25)
by dinges on Mon Sep 4th, 2006 at 09:03:14 PM MST
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Very nice... They apparently also exist in a 24V version. Could be handy for those with a 24V system. I'd definitely would like a few of the 24V kind.

I also understand that Commanda is at the moment working on (C)FL inverters for the BTHumble project in Fiji. I hope something comes out of it that's easily reproducible.

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Re: FL inverter (3.00 / 0) (#26)
by dinges on Mon Sep 4th, 2006 at 09:05:48 PM MST
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Oops... I thought I was replying this to the thread of Willib. Apparently, the idea of using scanner FL inverters for CFLs is not my own, LOL. I had forgotten that I had read about it here before... Could have sworn it was my very own invention :)

Great minds think alike, I guess.

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