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Re: NEON- more pinhole suckins...
In a message dated 96-08-23 09:19:08 EDT, you write:
>anything like that.
>Well, how did he measure the gas in the tube? He had a small neon unit with
>electrodes sticking off the manifold which had a transformer attached to
>it's electrodes. After bombarding he would let the tube cool and then fill
>with neon until the little (attached) tube lit red.
>(I've seen setup used as a "high vacuun test light" before)
>I tried this system myself and a red tube will light at maybe 2 or 3 mm.
>Which was all the gas he was putting in his tubes.
>True story.
Hmm, this must be like the bombarding that someone used on that one sign I've
been replacing every tube on for this one client, making a career out of
keeping it going for him.
Jeff