COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP APPARATUS

PURPOSE:To produce a compact fluorescent lamp apparatus having reduced weight and flickering by using the electrode side of a light emission tube provided with substance for forming amalgam as an anode and lighting with D.C. power while employing a bulb as the ballast. CONSTITUTION:Double U-shaped light emission tube 1 for a compact flourescent lamp apparatus is formed by containing amalgam 16 composed of indium for controlling the mercury vapor pressure in a bent tube provided at the rear of a stem for supporting one electrode then the electrode side is used as the anode and lighted through D.C. power. A filament coil bulb is employed as a ballast 17 and mounted in a globe 3 while separating from the lighting circuit parts 18,19, 20 contained in a case 4. Consequently, cataphorsis phenomenon is prevented even for D.C. lighting to eliminate flickering while the bulb ballast will enable reduction of weight without influence onto the lighting circuit parts.