I was querying the choice of colour for a wire that has voltage. In this
part of the world Green is associated with earth/ground. [Although
Green/Yellow has overtaken it.]
John K
Australia
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That wire has the HV on it, too. The other side of the secondary is tied low
thru an NE-2.
That's a BH rectifier tube in the 1st photo.
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Neat!
I use a Voltarc ELT (electronic lamp tester) normally used to test fluorescent
tubes in situ.
It's a cool unit and fits neatly in a pocket...
Nick
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GREEN for a voltage wire?
What is the first tube's number?
John K
[PS nice toy.]
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Subject: [neonixie-l] Plasma Globe Substitute
Last week, I went
I have a plasma globe from 1985 (Eye of the Storm), and although it still
works nicely, I get pretty weak glowing in nixies, etc. After all these
years I still havn't placed a wire loop on my scope to look at the
frequency & waveform, but I can hear it in the 10-12kHz range.
What frequency are
Last week, I went to the TRW Swapmeet. I met a pair of our neon buddies,
Westdave, and Gary, at one of vendor booths. The vendor had a bunch of
element discharge tubes. Not the regular noble gas tubes, like neon or
helium, but of mostly vaporized metal, gold, mercury ... He wanted $25 a
piece f
