I made a portable ion probe out of one of those electric fly swatters. See this <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/kErm8fwJtc4/discussion>topic.
Re. elements not lighting up - only the lead up to the element on my flaky 6844A tubes will glow unless I pump it with more current and then the glow reluctantly moves up to the element itself. On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 8:05:20 PM UTC-4, Pramanicin wrote: > > That exactly what I use mine for....very quick test to see if it's lost > gas... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 7, 2017, at 16:47, Robert L <boble...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Funny you should mention a plasma globe... I have one arriving tomorrow. > Was thinking of one as a quick and dirty check for gas inside theenvelope. > > I'll try running one or more of the unresponsive segments for awhile... > Not optimistic as it looks like glow just near the tube base. Not a hint of > any glow on the element proper. 240 V measured across the tube at 10 mA, > but absolutely no glow on the element. Have you seen something like this > recover? > > I'm used to seeing at least a partial element glow with the glowing area > maybe moving around a bit... Not used to completely dark elements. > > Anyway, to be continued! > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to neoni...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5447069-d0aa-4fa2-aa86-cc0fe153f861%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5447069-d0aa-4fa2-aa86-cc0fe153f861%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9471f4a9-26e3-4247-a980-503670be1deb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
