There is filament at each end of the fluorescent lamp, the lamp is filled with traces of argon and thin mercury vapor, the inner wall of the lamp is coated with a fluorescent powder, the gas between the filament at each end of the fluorescent lamp will emit ultraviolet when the gas is conductive,making that phosphors emit soft visible light.
Working characteristics of fluorescent: The lamp requires a high voltage to light up, which only allows through lower current when the lamp normally work, the voltage across the lamp is lower than the supply voltage.
Both ends of fluorescent tube is filled with the filament, the inner wall of the glass tube is coated with a thin layer of uniform phosphor powder,the tube is evacuated to a vacuum and a filled with small amount of inert gas, while being injected small amounts of liquid mercury. The inductor ballast is core induction coil, when the current in the coil is changed, the change in the magnetic flux is caused in the coil, thereby generating an induced electromotive force,the direction of which is opposite to that of the current, thereby hampering the current changes.
The starter in the circuit is playing as switch, which consists of a neon discharge tube in parallel with a capacitor, the capacitor is to eliminate electromagnetic interference on the power supply and form the oscillation circuit with the ballast to increase the amplitude of the pulse voltage started. A electrode in the discharge tube is composed by the bimetal, by discharging and heating the neon bulb induce the mutations of current through on the inductor ballast so that produce a high voltage pulse applied across the lamp,when the bimetal is opening and closing.
When the fluorescent lamp access to the circuit, the starter between the two electrodes begin to glow and discharge, then the bimetal expanded because of thermal contact with the stationary pole, so the power supply, ballast, starter and filament form a closed loop,the current preheat the filament, after being heated for 1-3 seconds, the starter between two electrodes do not glow any more, followed by cooling bimetal disconnect with the stationary pole, , the ballast produce a high-voltage pulse as soon as the electrodes are disconnected and the circuit current suddenly disappeared, so that the inert gas inside the lamp is ionized and cause arc discharge, the ballast inductance also plays a role in stabilizing current in the circuit.

LED tube light uses the LED as light source and work at DC current,which do not contain mercy and phosphor powder and is known as environmental friendly, long lifespan, energy-saving and wide projection angle adjustment range, the 15W LED tube light is equivalent to ordinary 40W fluorescent lamps. LED tube light withstands high temperatures and is famous for moisture and waterproof, leakproof. There Voltage: 110V, 220V available, the cover is made of glass or PC material.
LED tube light uses the latest LED technology, 12W LED tube light is equivalent to 40W fluorescent tube (for ballast and starter, the real consumption power of 36W fluorescent is 42W to 44W). The lifespan of LED tube light is 1.5 times more than that of the ordinary lamp, there is no need to frequently replace the lamp, ballast, starter. The LED tube light with green semiconductor light source and soft light, pure spectrum is in favor of protecting our eyesight and physical health. The cool 6000K cool white light gives us comfortable vision,, user-friendly design of illumination differences also helps us to focus and improve efficiency.
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