On 04/28/2014 08:05 AM, B Otto wrote: > Reading the thread on "fake gigantic nixies" got me thinking about > the possibilities or REAL gigantic neon applications. Is there a > practical limit on how large a neon indicator could be? Using > traditional methods, would it be possible to make a neon glow lamp > from say a five gallon carboy?
One could but it would be a fairly dangerous object. You'd have about as much volume enclosing a vacuum as a large picture tube but without the engineered safeguards against implosion. I'd be a bit nervous being around the thing. John > -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 -- 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/535E77E2.2030204%40neon-john.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
