I acquired a few of these for free (not a bad price), and their faint purplish glow doesn't produce much of a "wow" factor to show-off. I was hoping that reverse-polarity would produce more glow; no such luck. Most of the interesting glowing is hidden inside the metallic area of the tube. Even with higher current, the glow was barely affected. It's so dim that it wouldn't even make a decent night-light.
Any ideas out there ? Since these aren't rare tubes (yet...), I'm tempted to repeat an experiment I did in high school with a 0A2 regulator tube: I cranked so much current thru it that the plate glowed red-hot, the glass softened and due to the vacuum, and it shrank around the metal. Watching the poor tube shrivel-up and die made me laugh so hard I cried. -- 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/93580602-e1e5-4fe9-9c11-256640d38056%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
