Indeed, I found they worked far better with un-smoothed 50Hz rectified current limited mains from a variac - putting a cap after the rectifier so they had smooth(er) DC made them unreliable. Nice to know this also works with square wave pulsed DC.
On Saturday, 29 April 2017 05:17:44 UTC+1, start end wrote: > > https://youtu.be/mwD-WWELFqY > > With DC high voltage power supply, the plasma didn't anchor to the bottom. > With 50Hz square wave pulse current, the tube worked correctly. > > There are many advantages with pulse power supply: > 1. Saving energy > 2. Stabilizing the plasma > 3. Reducing heat emission > 4. Preventing cathode poisoning > -- 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/8dee5c42-c6dd-4ba5-ac0e-9ac7bc4436af%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
