Before I proceed, I would like to paraphrase the original article I read on DecadeCounter <https://web.archive.org/web/20160130122138/http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/articleview.php?item=109> (here presented to you courtesy of the WayBack machine, because I can't find the original any more): *Disclaimer: Injury or death resulting from the disassembly of an electric fly swat is your own damn fault.*
I made a 'tube tester' out of one of those electric fly swats. I took it apart and removed the big fat capacitor and resistor between the outputs. then I waved a nixie tube around the circuit to figure out what gave a good glow and attached a long enough length of wire there to stick out the end of the handle when I put it all back together: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_A_LpcRWWyg/WRdYAc4ju7I/AAAAAAAAAkw/GesPfSGf_MUAIl6PTtgxbOQ8bjI7ZSk5QCLcB/s1600/IMG_1435.JPG> Lighting up a tube: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pBPHeQVBW-U/WRdYOQTIi6I/AAAAAAAAAk0/uHg3SE7wYOks0UKqNaZLXLA566M5AClygCLcB/s1600/IMG_1439.JPG> If you touch some of the pins, things get interesting: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V_mybN8VzTE/WRdYuG52FbI/AAAAAAAAAk8/8AUYQLBIo-snORJq5qGaq-qM4qxxgNDYACLcB/s1600/IMG_1445.JPG> Naturally, I played around with creating some sparks between the output leads after I removed the capacitor and resistor, but before I removed the leads :) Well, that's it, I've done it and can move on! On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 10:12:25 AM UTC-5, Paul Andrews wrote: > > Hi, > > I received a shipment of tubes (Z5900M) that I want to fire up (becasue, > you know, I want to see them glow!). I have a cold cathode tube power > supply. Could I use that? DO I need to add a resistor to the anode? Should > I get me a power supply of some sort instead? If so what? > > Very naive when it comes to electronics, but not a complete newb. > > Thanks - Paul > -- 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/12908945-c85f-474b-b679-5d5715e8e1f2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
