Was tooling around the interwebs looking for neons... https://www.intl-lighttech.com/applications/neon-lamps
Looks like they have quite the selection for sale, including colored neons too....anyone purchased from these folks? On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 3:19 PM Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote: > Usually you can't do anything effective about it, it is due to their > design. However running them at higher current for some time or running > them on half-wave rectified voltage for a while (lower current according to > some datasheets in this setup) will help some but most fall back into the > flickering state when you run them under normal conditions. A nice site on > the flickering behaviour can be found here: > http://g3ynh.info/disch_tube/lamp/flame_neon.html. > > Sometimes pulse-drive, either by half-wave rectified voltage or simple > on/off square pulsing will help somewhat, instead of relying on a steady DC > voltage. > > /Martin > > On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 23:16:18 UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: > >> Ugh. Anyone aged them to see if that helps? >> >> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 1:49 PM David Pye <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Loads of people have reported this and afaik there hasn't been a way to >>> stop it. >>> >>> Some start swirling after a while, some swirl from new.... >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 21:18 Nicholas Stock, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone had any issues with INS-1 neons showing moving ionization in the >>>> bulb (similar to the same problems you can sometimes see with INS-3 neons)? >>>> If so, any pointers on how to mitigate this behaviour? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/CAOX%2BRHLBiXbSPD8SrmBWvWS%2BC-sa8r3BccnArvEprRsp0hLnXQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLBiXbSPD8SrmBWvWS%2BC-sa8r3BccnArvEprRsp0hLnXQ%40mail.gmail.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/CAOQ6x0EJ0jaXy8%2Bt6S4rgJH%3DGvShZk5DHXc_sgYoAW3pdXiq%2BA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOQ6x0EJ0jaXy8%2Bt6S4rgJH%3DGvShZk5DHXc_sgYoAW3pdXiq%2BA%40mail.gmail.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/f85f2f3a-3127-4cad-8453-be741f0091cfn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f85f2f3a-3127-4cad-8453-be741f0091cfn%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/CAOX%2BRHLVz-f35gnetjBDgCCk7WW55%3DA8jQa58Zn-9Q2AME_T1A%40mail.gmail.com.
