It's a lot less work than making IN-18s from scratch, that's for sure.
On Saturday, 10 March 2018 03:08:05 UTC+3, Jens Boos wrote:
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> I am not sure if it is simple to do, especially if you are aiming to
> refill the tube by attaching a stem close to the base. Heating up soda lime
> glass is not
Looks like all they've done so far is pop an existing IN-18 and refill it
with their own mixture. That's fairly simple to do, but it won't run for
long since they spoiled the getter.
Different noble gases in tubes would be amazing though.
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These look like hand-made test tubes. On the back it says МАКЕТ(MAKET, duh)
which translates to "MOCKUP" or "SAMPLE".
The stems are definitely hand-crushed, and the bases are very crooked. Red
paint... maybe they were going after the western look originally, but
decided otherwise for the final p
I wanted to design a clock that would sit under my main monitor, and so I
didn't want it to be distracting while still maintaining good tube life. I
prefer my neon to be calm :)
The slot machine effect is still perfectly valid for those that don't mind
having the clock flash obnoxiously every fe
Well, my current setup does not allow to vary the drive current, as that
would require a custom HV supply capable of rapidly switching between
regular operation(say, 170V), and "extreme" mode, at maybe 220-260V.
By all means, try it out. It could work, but I have no predictions on the
outcome be
