Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..

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Original poster: "Nick Andrews" <nicothefabulous@xxxxxxxxxxx>


Have you seen the small ones WalMart has right now for ten 
bucks?  They are small, about 4" diameter, but the electronics and 
all are in a screw-in type medium-base bulb, so they could be 
installed in any light socket.  I have yet to disassemble one...

Nick A

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..
> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 05:24:35 -0600
>
> 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
> http://www.scopeboy.com/