On Jan 31, 8:18 am, jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > Michel, > > you need something to ionize the gas atoms inside your glass bulb. I am > not sure if a simple LED will do the trick, usually you need energized > particles in the order of 60eV, that is electron volts, and a blue LED > will only give you 3 eV. > > Jens >
That is interesting, all visible light is below 3.8eV or thereabouts, so if the tube was designed for an office environment, from which source would it receive this 60eV? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
