> What is off camera is a regulated lab power supply set at 180 Volts.

So, a DC supply, no multiplexing.

> As you see, one of the other tubes is lit, too!
> 
> So somehow the anode voltage is capacitively coupling inside the tubes to a 
> nearby cathode and trough that, powering another tube.

If it's a DC supply with no multiplexing, there's no AC component, and 
therefore no capacitive coupling.

What you're seeing is leakage, AKA resistive coupling.  There's probably some 
flux residue, dust, fingerprints, or similar on the board, providing
a high resistance leakage path, which is enough to get a partial glow like that.

- John

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