About a decade ago I used the *TINY* neons from disposable cameras to make a
fake 'colon' tube - it worked really well.
Now years later I cannot find any, all new disposable cameras use an led.
Does anyone know where I can buy some?
These neons were about 3 mm in diameter and about 4mm long. I
It'll be extremely difficult to find a disposable camera with a neon lamp
instead of an LED these days, but if you search on eBay you can find a lot
of small neon lamps (usually NOS). Here's what I was able to find after
searching for miniature neon bulb
What is the typical signature of a counterfeit capacitor ? I'm mostly
concerned about the ~450V electrolytics that are commonly used for
anode-supply filtering.
In my designs, I always have a series resistor and fast-blow fuse
(typically 3/8 amp; smaller ones get *really* expensive...) which
About a decade ago I used the *TINY* neons from disposable cameras to make a
fake 'colon' tube - it worked really well.
Now years later I cannot find any, all new disposable cameras use an led.
Does anyone know where I can buy some?
http://www.allspectrum.com/store/neon-lamps-c-29.html
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A few more.
http://www.rexim.com/pages/neon.html
But nothing really that small.
That 200v strike was probably something special order just for use in
flash circuits to let the user know the cap was charged.
carl
Henry Carl Ott
I knew I'd seen these somewhere - disposable camera boards:
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17610B
Also available singly, plus they have another type on there - I put
'disposable camera' into the site search.
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Matthew Smith
Business: http://www.smiffytech.com
On 14-05-30 10:03 PM, Arne Rossius wrote:
Hi,
H. Carl Ott wrote:
That 200v strike was probably something special order just for use in
flash circuits to let the user know the cap was charged.
They were also used to prevent the cap from overcharging. I wonder how
this is done in the
