How To Make A Heating Sensor From Fluorescent Lamp Starter

 by Mahmoud Alaa
  This instructable is about hacking a Fluorescent Lamp Starter and turn it into a heating sensor , It is a very, I mean very, easy Instructable.
  Here is how it works , when you heat the metal chrome part it will shrink and touch the metal wire and close the circuit .

You can download the video and see how it works!
 
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Step 1: What You Will Need

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Tools:
Pliers

Materials:  
Fluorescent lamp starter
timothyspirit says: Jan 16, 2013. 8:50 PM
clever idea. very nice
Mahmoud Alaa (author) in reply to timothyspiritJan 18, 2013. 5:01 AM
thanks
sunshiine says: Oct 27, 2012. 7:28 PM
Nice job!
amandaghassaei says: Oct 8, 2012. 11:13 AM
very cool, what do you plan to use the heat sensor for?
Mahmoud Alaa (author) in reply to amandaghassaeiOct 8, 2012. 12:06 PM
man things . like remar2000's idea
rimar2000 says: Oct 6, 2012. 9:39 AM
Very clever use and recycling of a cheap device!

You could use it as a sun tracker, or things so.
Mahmoud Alaa (author) in reply to rimar2000Oct 6, 2012. 2:20 PM
thanks for idea , and thanks for the patch
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