I have one of this plasma glowing orbs When I touch the glass with a Nixie they do glow nicely
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 14:33 gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone still have a functioning TV with a CRT in it ? I'll bet you > can get nixies to glow by holding them in front of the glass, especially if > you are touching some pins. > There's enough charge in the HV area to give a mild zap when you touch the > screen, due to body capacitance. > > So many things I remember, and utterly HATE, about those old TV's........ > > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 1:21:15 PM UTC-8 orange_glow_fan wrote: > >> Ira and.... >> >> The first round color crt was the 15AXP22 which came in the RCA CT-100. >> The first 21" round crt was the 21AXP22 which was unique because, unlike >> its predecessor it had a metal funnel/bell instead of a glass one. That >> metal bell carried the 2nd anode voltage and could really carry a punch to >> the unsuspecting technician....don't ask how I found out...more than >> once.... The 21FBP22 and 21FJP22 were the first all glass 21" color CRT's. >> The difference between the 21FJP22 and the 21FBP22 is that one had a >> bonded/slightly frosted safety plate, the other did not and was mounted >> behind a clear glass safety plate...Despite the issue of reflections, I >> always felt the version with the clear glass had a sharper picture..... >> >> >> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 8:54:46 PM UTC-5 Ira wrote: >> >>> The same was true about black and white crt's, all were round for quite >>> some time. IIRC the first 21" round color crt was a 21AXP22? Ira. >>> >>> On 1/7/2021 2:40 PM, 'orange_glow_fan' via neonixie-l wrote: >>> >>> When Color TV's first came on the market in the early 50's all of them >>> had round CRT's. The first ones were 15" CRT's. Around 1954 RCA introduced >>> a 21" round CRT and they were the standard until around 1963 when the first >>> rectangular CRTS entered the market. I suspect this film was made during >>> the short time when both versions were available. The first practical, >>> consumer color tv was introduced by RCA in 1953 and they sold about 4,000 >>> of them at a cost of $1,000, about $8,000 dollars in 2021 dollars... >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 4:19:16 PM UTC-5 Bill van Dijk wrote: >>> >>>> I believe the round tubes were for the cheaper TVs. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >>>> Behalf Of *Yohan Park >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2021 3:50 PM >>>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> >>>> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating film about 1960s colour CRT >>>> manufacturing >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Enjoyed watching that, thanks for sharing. >>>> Any idea what the large round tubes were used for back then? >>>> >>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 1:40:27 PM UTC+1 mikeselectricstuff >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrSLPVkxCo >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/a1e53271-e44a-437a-ab0f-d6f58c0a7b64n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a1e53271-e44a-437a-ab0f-d6f58c0a7b64n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/9595732c-e19c-4243-b1a1-e5c8c4da75d9n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9595732c-e19c-4243-b1a1-e5c8c4da75d9n%40googlegroups..com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> .. >>> >>> >>> -- > 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/0e6793f6-7c38-4e5d-8d79-003b56e5459an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0e6793f6-7c38-4e5d-8d79-003b56e5459an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- [email protected] -- 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/CAKYv7NSb5hwfBRRYofGno944-zmAB1EitW8tZa5yy4tAQuRnQw%40mail.gmail.com.
