[TCML] Nixie tube at 300 000 volts

[Gerekos Christopher <gerekos.christopher@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I accidentally broken the glass hull of one of my nixie tubes while working
on my clock. So I tried to figure out how to give it a second life. And
here are the results !
https://picasaweb.google.com/gerekos.christopher/NixieTubeAt300000V

Well, we all agree it would have been much more interesting to do this on a
working tube (with the gas mixture still inside), but I'm afraid this would
have fatally damaged it (wouldn't it ?). The fact is that the nixie was
really hot after the experiement (no surprise here) and these little things
were -understandably- not made to withstand this.

Yet the fine, intricate sparks the mesh anode produced are quite beautiful.

Cheers,
Chris Gerekos
_______________________________________________
Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla