Respectfully disagree, Nick, this is simply the high voltage dropping off, with the gaseous tube ends nearest the supply connections de-ionizing last. Neon signs like this would be too cost sensitive to implement with individual control over each letter. It's typically one long tube, or in this case, two tubes of different colors.
Terry On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 11:09:32 PM UTC-5, Nick wrote: > > When you turned the Xbox display off by the remote, it is obvious that > there is a programmed shutdown in the way that the letters turn off from > the middle out, i.e. it's a software shutdown (there's a CPU in there > probably controlling the SMPS and doing the cool display digit effects). > > When you switch the mains off, that's it. It turns off. > > Turning off the mains via the smart socket will not hurt the neon and > SHOULD NOT hurt the control electronics of the display. > > Nick > > -- 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/e1d18a17-131f-4cce-bc76-0a31b5acf0f6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
