Flourescent tubes, no resistance?

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Original poster: "M G" <gt4awd@xxxxxxxxx>


Hi everyone, a while ago I found out that flourescent tubes offer no 
resistance to electricity. They must be current ballasted to operate 
at the desired amperage. Hooking a mains line directly across a tube 
will allow full current draw until the breaker pops. That is if the 
tube doesnt blow up first. Not sure if it would do that, but it seems possible.



My questions is, is it possible to use a flourescent tube as a high 
voltage connection for a small tesla/medium tesla coil? Better yet, 
some kind of wire that is gas filled, but I'm not sure if such a 
thing is even on the market. Where I see this to be useful is in long 
connections leading to say, the primary coil. Or for instance, assume 
that a ground connection is very far away. Some type of gas filled 
electrical connection could be used to connect to the far away 
distance without any added resistance.



Of course the obvious problems with using a flourescent tube or type 
of gas filled connection is that eventually the gas would burn out, 
correct? So the connections would not be permanent, of course, and 
would have to be replaced periodically. I guess the real question is, 
how thick of a metalic conductor, say copper, is needed to get rid of 
noticable resistance, and would this even be worth trying?

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