In the neon sign video, they mentioned that bombardment is meant for dislodge any impurities stuck to the glass. Is that the only reason for it?
On Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 9:56:37 PM UTC-5 Mac Doktor wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2024, at 3:15 PM, Mark Moulding <[email protected]> wrote: > > Those transformers are dangerous as hell, because one side of them is > ground (plus nearly a full amp or so available current - 1 kW, right?) - > super easy to get a path through YOU to ground. I've done "fractal art" > (nothing to do with actual fractals, of course), but I used a neon sign > transformer - isolated, and only around 15 mA of current - and switched it > with a momentary foot pedal. It would still have been an exceedingly bad > day to get across it, but I probably would have survived. I was extremely > careful... > > > For those who aren't aware, neon sign transformers are current limited > using shunts. Also, the secondary is center tapped to ground so the > potential from one wire to ground is only half that of the full secondary. > Or something like that. 8D > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it > said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl > Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1c5eef7c-6ffb-4c79-991b-ed70e0549b9bn%40googlegroups.com.
