5 Sep
2008
5 Sep
'08
1:11 p.m.
On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I think the blue ones are relatively recent, probably to go alongside
blue LEDs (which seem to be used on everything thse days).
I don;t think I've seen loose blue neon bulbs for sale. I've certainly
seen blue neon mains indicator assemblies, though, and they don't appear
to be either a plain bulb or a green one filtererd.
-tony
Maybe not strictly an NE2, but there are green
and blue neons
avaiable.
They have a phosphor coating on the inside of the glass, and I _think_
the gas inside is still neon (I see to remember seeing the classic
orange
glow trhough the glass around the leadout wires).
Oooh, I've never seen a blue one. The green ones were even
available from Radio Shack on this side of the pond, but never the
blue ones, as far as I can recall.