That exactly what I use mine for....very quick test to see if it's lost gas...
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2017, at 16:47, Robert L <[email protected]> wrote: > > Funny you should mention a plasma globe... I have one arriving tomorrow. Was > thinking of one as a quick and dirty check for gas inside theenvelope. > > I'll try running one or more of the unresponsive segments for awhile... Not > optimistic as it looks like glow just near the tube base. Not a hint of any > glow on the element proper. 240 V measured across the tube at 10 mA, but > absolutely no glow on the element. Have you seen something like this recover? > > I'm used to seeing at least a partial element glow with the glowing area > maybe moving around a bit... Not used to completely dark elements. > > Anyway, to be continued! > > B > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5447069-d0aa-4fa2-aa86-cc0fe153f861%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/E85419CE-A434-4BB0-B576-FA1AB9747DCA%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
