What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

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  • Ivan75
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    • Dec 2010
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    What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

    I know that the length and diameter need to be correct. Dose a ccfl have a voltage ratting? Does it matter which end is wired to the output or return lines? Are there other things to consider when finding a replacement lamp?
  • PlainBill
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    Re: What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

    Originally posted by Ivan75
    I know that the length and diameter need to be correct. Dose a ccfl have a voltage ratting? Does it matter which end is wired to the output or return lines? Are there other things to consider when finding a replacement lamp?
    There have been reports of using a replacement CCFL that had a different color spectrum. The result was a tinted band across the screen. I don't have any idea how you would determine the spectrum of the original.

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    • EGuevarae
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      Re: What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

      Originally posted by PlainBill
      There have been reports of using a replacement CCFL that had a different color spectrum. The result was a tinted band across the screen. I don't have any idea how you would determine the spectrum of the original.

      PlainBill
      Happened to me once (i saw it from a monitor repaired by someone else).Since there was a set of 2 new ccfls, the guy installed one new on top and one new on the bottom.Screen was colored evenly after that (yet, the colors were different a little bit than with the original lamps)
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      • Krankshaft
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        Re: What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

        The only way to tell the color temperature of the original CCFL is to power a functioning one up on an external inverter.

        I know I can identify a 3000K, 4100K, 5000K, and 7000K beyond that visually I'd be stumped.

        5000K is a neutral white color 7000K is still white but with a bluish tint and the further you go up in kelvin the bluer the light gets.
        Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either.

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        • Ivan75
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          • Dec 2010
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          Re: What data is required to identify a CCFL lamp?

          Thanks for your replies. Is there a voltage ratting for the lamps that I need to be concerned about?

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