Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..

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Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> I wonder if Radio Shack used annealing ovens on "Eye of the Storm" plasma
> displays?  If those displays use 1-atmosphere argon/helium/xenon mixture,
> then perhaps the outgassing from the glass has little effect since the
> outgas volume is tiny when compared to the gas that's in the globe.


Cheap plasma globes never seem to last too long :-( They stop working 
after a year or two. In the light of this discussion, I bet it's due 
to outgassing.

Steve Conner
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