On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:37:01 -0600, "Shaun" wrote:


"John Fields" wrote in message
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So it looks like a neon bulb in a straw. What else is in there?

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It's an NE-2 neon lamp epoxied into one end of a piece of FR-4 tubing
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Does it light up from the voltage gradient?

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Yup

JF