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Default NE-2 neon bulbs

On 11/09/2017 10:03 AM, Foxs Mercantile wrote:
On 11/9/2017 8:35 AM, wrote:
Another thing I always wondered about these small neon lamps, is how
come they were always that yellow color. Neon signs have all sorts of
colored neon gasses.



The depth of your ignorance never fails to amaze me.

https://sciencing.com/gases-used-neon-signs-5581339.html



Eh, they call 'em "neon signs" even though not every gas in a "neon
sign" is neon. Like how not every band-aid is a Band-Aid.

They did make some small "neon lamps" using gases other than neon, I'm
pretty sure I've seen unfiltered violet and red before.

Ah here we go:

https://tinyurl.com/y78b2j5j