Yeah, I didn't say the desire of many to rip them apart is logical lol. Just seems like a lot of work for a very small increase of value...

 I separated a ballast ONE time . I was WAY more work than it was worth ! Most of the weight in a normal core and coil ballast is the steel anyways .

People tend to rip the copper out of high wattage HID ballasts due to how easily accessible it is, especially now that some grades of copper are over $4 a pound. Fluorescent ballasts and potted ballasts are usually scrapped as is as a "transformer" or "motor".

It's kind of annoying, because it makes HID ballasts hard to find sometimes, because of the "money rush" of ripping them apart...

 Last time I scrapped ballasts , they were only something like 20¢ a pound .

I have just finished tracing out the circuit within the unit, and luckily, all of the parts are documented except for a TO92 device that controls the SCR in the battery charging portion of the circuit.

It appears that the six volt SLA battery is charged directly from one half of the tapped battery through the SCR, so presumably the output voltage of the transformer would have to be somewhat similar to that?...

I have attached a picture of my (roughly) drawn schematic for reference.

YouTube will only play the first 45seconds of any video for me, then it errors out.

But I did a web search & was able to find a download for it
will listen to it later

Stanislav have that CCFL: https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-69625

Nope! That is different! in the phone it has wire ends for one thing.

You should be able to get it on youtube, it is from an indie band.

Update: This bill has made it past the House, it is now awaiting a vote in the Senate. It is now in a committee. Many bills die in committee, but I think this one will make it through.

If you want this to pass, you should contact your senator: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr4626/comment

This is a beauty !  But it has a sad ending 

I’m very happy that I inspired you to write this  it was an incredible brilliant read, it brung a tear to my eye!  didn’t know much of that stuff! It will get a lot more attention than my Belgian one I can tell! 

You are very knowledgeable when it comes to Indalux indeed!

@Eleco_SR304 sure! Please do a Polish one! It’d be a very interesting read!

No Problem. I'll see what I can do...