There are even LED's down to 245 nm. Unfortunately the price goes up exponentially. To 340 nm they are payable... [ http://www.roithner-laser.com/led_deepuv.html ]
eric -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Rehwinkel Sent: maandag 30 september 2013 16:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Otis Elevator Tube Hivac 425A2 > Some years ago I tried to do some tests on this (I have some 2040s). > > As a general issue, nixies and neon trigger tubes also don't fire well > in the dark - they utilise stray photons to help initiate ionisation. > If you wanted reliable triggering, adding a small radioactive source > helped greatly Adding a source of stray photons works too - a blue LED aimed at a gas tube stabilizes it nicely. However, that might detract from the glow, if it's used in a visible way. Perhaps a near-UV LED would do the trick. Easy enough to try out. - John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2257D9AF-E609-47F5-94FC-A124F95 1714F%40mac.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/!%26!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAPDddShx705MuX20yCpp0vvCgAAAEAAAAD2MPY8/7FFAoegE8mnSirEBAAAAAA%3D%3D%40zeelandnet.nl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
