I had to generate that data by hand measurements....talk about tedious. Your measurements confirmed what I saw as well: the ionization and extinguishing voltages are pretty close to eachother. Generic neon bulbs have much higher hysteresis. I was not able to determine any significant difference in ignition voltage for a dark vs illuminated room.
It would be good to see if there are any changes after the tubes have been in-service for awhile, say yearly checkups. I'm still waiting to get back on my feet so I can get my clock finished. They are magnificent tubes. On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 1:50:35 PM UTC-8 Jon wrote: > Thanks Kevin, this is really interesting stuff! > > Jon. > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 9:03:43 PM UTC Kevin A. wrote: > >> By the way, if you find the SMU instrument interesting, I wrote a >> detailed article about what it is, and how it is used: >> https://neonkev.com/2020/09/21/precision-swiss-army-knife-the-smu-source-measure-unit/ >> >> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 4:01:23 PM UTC-5 Kevin A. wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 4:01:01 PM UTC-5 Kevin A. wrote: >>> >>>> Some pics of the test setup >>>> >>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f4ce574c-6727-47fe-a233-9579f6ecb4c0n%40googlegroups.com.
