Hi Neon bulbs do the same thing. The ignition voltage is light sensitive. If you see a place they are being used as a voltage reference, they get painted black.
Bob On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:02 PM, WB6BNQ wrote: > Paul, > > The LED thing is interesting. Are you sure you were not just seeing a > reflection > of some sort ? > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > paul swed wrote: > >> Other thing, measuring ignition time. On the first run just for the heck of >> it I flashed a led light into the ampule and it ignited instantly. So >> perhaps for old hard starting end of life RB lamps this might be a trick to >> at least get it going for a bit longer. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
