Re: Amateur Night

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• Subject: Re: Amateur Night
• From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
• Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 05:21:45 -0700

7/11/96

You wrote: 

snip

>It doesn't seem right to me, but after a little fiddlin' around with 
>the tune, it seems to put out longer sparks at around 85-90 volts? Go 
>figger :)  Anyway from what i've read here, neons don't like 
>"overvoltage", so I didn't bother to try 140v on them.

snip

I've had similar experience.  I've found it to be a function of the 
spark gap firing a little soon or not quenching well enough.  I opened 
the gap a little bit and had significant improvement.  Applying air 
suction to the gap for quenching really improved it.  How do you quench 
your gap?  Also, I've driven my 12/60 neons at 140 v without ill 
effects.  Yet.  

Suggestions from others?

RWW

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