Nice work Jens! Would be a good combination, nixie tube clock with glow lamp colons or something like that. It doesn't seem as bright as neon but that is probably because it is a prototype.
Michel On Sep 27, 7:10 am, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > Hi folks, > > finally I got my first glow lamp working. It is the third try, therefore > I call it "GL-LS-3", short for glow lamp lab sample 3. See two pictures > here: > > http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/gl-ls-3_1.jpghttp://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/gl-ls-3_2.jpg > > It consists of 9mm soda lime tubing and Dumet wire. The gas filling is > normal air at 9mbar. It ignites nicely at roughly 550V DC. > > I used a simple propane torch for the glass work. Will switch to a > hand-held oxygen-propane torch in a few months though (when I have > enough time and money). > > I will get my needle valve in two weeks or so, then I will be able to do > something with neon. Believe it or not: over two months lead time for a > silly needle valve... Anyway, I hope I will have the tube making content > prepared for my website by then. It is piling up, but there is still > much to do. > > Best regards > Jens -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
