That's a very common color seen in tubes with mercury added. The ones I notice it the most with are the small side-view tubes such as NL-5853, or B-5853.
The non-mercury tubes glow a much stronger orange, without the blue haze. My examples of that are NL-6844A, NL-5971, NL-7153. Chuck > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: gregeb...@hotmail.com >To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Raytheon nixie glow >Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 07:27:56 -0800 (PST) > >>2.5mA sounds about right; must be the gas mixture/mercury that >causes the >>color. >> >>-- >>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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >>To view this discussion on the web, visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/677bc6d8-de2a-476a-88cb- >fa5e12a2af30%40googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/380-22017238174148725%40all2easy.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
