RE: X-rays from light bulbs/Tesla Coils !!!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE: X-rays from light bulbs/Tesla Coils !!!
From: "Walter Murray" <WaltMurray-at-classic.msn-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 19:07:20 -0600
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Greg Murray 

Adam,
          Out of boredom, I once lit up  several mercury vapor
 bulbs with a regular TV Flyback transformer. I would imagine
 that a small TC would do the trick too. One of the bulbs I 
used was a clear Sylvania model HPS1001MED  the other 
was a 'frosted' Phillips Ceramalux. Unfortunately, I do not have 
any equipment to measure X-rays, so I couldn't tell you if they 
are produced. Also, I have never heard that they produced X-rays
 under normal use, but I could be mistaken. If you really WANT to
produce X-rays, try a cathode ray tube. Hope this helps. 

 Regards, 
                Greg Murray (waltmurray-at-msn-dot-com)
               -Museum of Science, Boston



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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: X-rays from light bulbs/Tesla Coils !!!


Anybody got any thoughts on using mercury vapor bulbs? I was under the
impression that they emit some x-rays even under normal use. They look so
neat, I'd love to "light one up"!