In another video, he goes over the wiring of a fluorescent starter to create a flickering effect with an incandescent light bulb. A fluorescent starter works because the current heats up a gas ...

Older fluorescent fixtures used a "starter" (modern versions are selfstarting) to fire up the gas in the tubes. When the starter doesn't work, the light just flickers, never truly fully lit.

There was a normal fluorescent lamp with a normal starter and a choke, running on 230V 50Hz. After some time the choke started to hum loud and became hot. I connected a photo diode to the oscilloscope ...

Most of the technology behind the change is in the innards of the fixture - the black box that maintains the proper voltage and current for the fluorescent tube to start up and continue to light ...

1) Burn down the house; buy new house with insurance money; pay more attention to existing light fixtures.<br><br>2) Smash plexiglass cover with a hammer while the light fixture is still hanging ...

What’s really interesting about this build is it provides a use for blown compact fluorescent bulbs. The normal failure mode of these light bulbs is usually the electronics going bad ...