They looked like individual neon tubes to me from a distance, but nope; It's for real; The entire envelope is neon.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:37:39 AM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > > I can confirm this sighting. Photo shows scale. OMG. Actual neon. No >> Argon. No Getter. Fine screen anode and 7 cathodes. 20+years of ionized gas >> expertise. >> > > I was wondering if they were truly glowing cathodes vs glow-tube; from the > video they dont look like tubes used in neon signage. Rather amazing how > uniform they glow considering their immense size. > > BTW, Strattman wrote a good text (Neon Techniques) that I highly recommend > if you are even just a bit curious about neon sign construction and the > amount of skill + equipment that is required to produce them. > -- 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/33cdc7a4-03f9-4df9-b4bf-54b34dadf22e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
