Re: materials of electroddes for Neon gas tubes..

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Original poster: "Mercurus2000" <mercurus2000@xxxxxxx>

Hmm, I didn't know the plasma arcing would be that much of a problem,
whenever I see a neon bulb light up, the plasma manages to stay contained
away from the glass tubing, not sure how that works exactly.
Does that neon wire use real neon gas?
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Subject: Re: materials of electroddes for Neon gas tubes..


> Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Tesla list wrote:
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>  > Original poster: "Mercurus2000" <mercurus2000@xxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > I would like to make a electrodeless neon tube using plastic.. That's
why
>  > I've been asking.
>
> It won't last very long.  I'd use glass-covered electrodes (such as short
> glass tubes with one closed end and foil or nickle-paint inside.  If
> possible, keep the plasma from touching the plastic.  Perhaps you could
> jam lots of short glass segments into some plastic hose.  That way the
> hose would still be flexible, but the plasma wouldn't destroy the plastic
> surface.
>
> It's cheaper to use EL "neon wire" such as G15574 from
> http://www.goldmine-elect.com
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