No biggie, just don't breathe in the vapor and you'll be fine. Any idea how many fluorescent tubes I've shattered over the years? We used to use them as lightsabers at the old NMSU dump. The 8' ones were loud when they popped! But seriously, how much could it take for one tube? A 4' flo tube had something less than 1/20 of a drop in it. A guy built a device to try and capture the mercury, thinking he could recover and build up a small supply. He found that he never could get any significant quantity from the tubes. My carburetor sync gauge uses mercury. Thought about getting a newer one that has small tungsten rods in it instead but haven't yet.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 6:11 PM liam bartosiewicz < liambartosiew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’ve got a GE AR-4, and I’m pretty sure it takes 120vac. I imagine it has > some mixture of gasses, like mercury and argon, that allow it to strike at > a lower voltage. Not sure about the feasibility of incorporating mercury > into tubes made in the home shop though. > > On Oct 19, 2021, at 3:56 PM, jf0303...@gmail.com wrote: > > You can get a purple/UV glow with argon. I used to have an AR-1 lamp > with an Edison base that worked off the US mains, or something less than > 400V. (it had a built0in dropping resistor). > > -- > 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7bbf25ca-711e-4c19-8c49-8f18e2268166n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7bbf25ca-711e-4c19-8c49-8f18e2268166n%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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8D86C102-D6CE-44C7-8439-44C7A6C75666%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8D86C102-D6CE-44C7-8439-44C7A6C75666%40gmail.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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-g%2Bs2n6A9ZZ%2BN9%3DOPYC64OO7FtdPkYDq0jR5BtW7YuT%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
