[neonixie-l] Re: 26 In18 Tubes

2018-04-04 Thread 'marta_kson' via neonixie-l
Just use a common plastic hair comb. Use it to charge with static electricity and discharge to the glass bulb or the pins. Do it in a dark place. The neon will give off little flashes of orange light if it's there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 26 In18 Tubes

2018-04-04 Thread Instrument Resources of America
    I'm back to report on my microwave oven experiment. Last night when it became dark out, I put a neon 'lamp' (NE-32) in my microwave oven and set it for one second. No results. So I upped the time to two seconds and it did light up nice and bright. I removed it from the microwave and examine

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 26 In18 Tubes

2018-04-04 Thread gregebert
Been there, done that. I found it to be quite lethal for IN-1's, but at the same time, hilarious and definitely toxic. The link below is 3 nixies at the same time in a microwave oven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUMy0P560k -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 26 In18 Tubes

2018-04-04 Thread Paul Andrews
In the interests of science, I went and did it with a tired old B6844A - for 2 secs, several times because I wanted to get a good shot. It arguable works better after this extreme de-poisoning treatment. YMMV: https://youtu.be/3aagtcZnrzU On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 1:16:27 PM UTC-4, gregebe