will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it?? if not why??

will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it??
if not why??

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will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it?? if not why??..

Answer / n.jena

Yes,a
fluorescent tube
work on DC
supply,if we
will give a
resistance to
choke in series
connection.for
40watt bulb-166
ohm .

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will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it?? if not why??..

Answer / debojyoti ghosal

Fluorescent lamps can run directly from a direct current (DC) supply of sufficient voltage to strike an arc. The ballast must be resistive, and would consume about as much power as the lamp. When operated from DC, the starting switch is often arranged to reverse the polarity of the supply to the lamp each time it is started; otherwise, the mercury accumulates at one end of the tube.

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will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it?? if not why??..

Answer / dwivedi sandeepdhar

no because inductive reactance is zero

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will a fluorescent bulb work when dc is passed through it?? if not why??..

Answer / rupali burnwal

no.because the density of the filament of the fluorescent
lamp is very high for the DC supply.hence DC voltage will
not glow the lamp

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