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Re: materials of electroddes for Neon gas tubes..



Original poster: "Mercurus2000" <mercurus2000@xxxxxxx>

Hmm, I didn't know the plasma arcing would be that much of a problem,
whenever I see a neon bulb light up, the plasma manages to stay contained
away from the glass tubing, not sure how that works exactly.
Does that neon wire use real neon gas?
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: materials of electroddes for Neon gas tubes..


> Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Tesla list wrote: > > > Original poster: "Mercurus2000" <mercurus2000@xxxxxxx> > > > > I would like to make a electrodeless neon tube using plastic.. That's why > > I've been asking. > > It won't last very long. I'd use glass-covered electrodes (such as short > glass tubes with one closed end and foil or nickle-paint inside. If > possible, keep the plasma from touching the plastic. Perhaps you could > jam lots of short glass segments into some plastic hose. That way the > hose would still be flexible, but the plasma wouldn't destroy the plastic > surface. > > It's cheaper to use EL "neon wire" such as G15574 from > http://www.goldmine-elect.com > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > >