Compact Fluorescent Lamp Components

CFL COMPONENTS

Compact fluorescent components consist of cover, coil glass tube, phosphor coating, mercury vapor, ballast, ballast cover, and base.

• Cover - Compact fluorescent bulbs sometimes have a cover to hide the glass tubes and give the bulb a more traditional shape
• Coil glass tube - Is the medium through which light producing gases and mercury travel 
• Phosphor coatings - are found inside the coiled glass tube and help convert the energy to visible light mercury and other gasses inside the lamp reach and excited state and product energy. 
• Cathodes - direct the current through the lamp
• The ballast - regulates the electric current and voltage into the lamp and powers the lamp ballast cover, 
• The base - serves as a conductor of electricity.