A number of people have been unable to find the transformer needed for the Black Light project, so I looked around to see if I could find a fluorescent lamp driver that does not require any special components. I finally found one in Electronics Now. Here it is. It uses a normal 120 to 6V stepdown transformer in reverse to step 12V to about 350V to drive a lamp without the need to warm the filaments.
12 VDC Fluorescent Lamp Driver Circuit Digram
Notes
Q1 must be installed on a heat sink.
A 240V to 10V transformer will work better then the one in the parts list.
The problem is that they are hard to find.This circuit can give a nasty (but not too dangerous) shock. Be careful around the output leads.
Parts
| C1 | 1 | 100uf 25V Electrolytic Capacitor | |
| C2,C3 | 2 | 0.01uf 25V Ceramic Disc Capacitor | |
| C4 | 1 | 0.01uf 1KV Ceramic Disc Capacitor | |
| R1 | 1 | 1K 1/4W Resistor | |
| R2 | 1 | 2.7K 1/4W Resistor | |
| Q1 | 1 | IRF510 MOSFET | |
| U1 | 1 | TLC555 Timer IC | |
| T1 | 1 | 6V 300mA Transformer | |
| LAMP | 1 | 4W Fluorescent Lamp | |
| MISC | 1 | Board, Wire, Heatsink For Q1 | |
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