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  1. Newsgroups: sci.electronics
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!weyrich!orville
  3. From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
  4. Subject: Re: How are neon tubes made?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov22.025312.2108@weyrich.UUCP>
  6. Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
  7. Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
  8. Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
  9. References: <1992Nov16.215103.8284@digi.lonestar.org>
  10. Distribution: usa
  11. Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 02:53:12 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Nov16.215103.8284@digi.lonestar.org> jsevinsk@digi.lonestar.org (John Sevinsky) writes:
  15. >I've been thinking about the idea of making my own neon tubes, and I have no
  16. >idea what's involved with filling the tube with neon.  Does anybody know what
  17. >kind of equipment is needed and how much it would cost?
  18. >
  19.  
  20.  
  21. Neon? :-)
  22.  
  23. Actually, it is mostly vacuum.
  24.  
  25. And many "neon" tubes are not "neon" tubes -- only the ones with a 
  26. characteristic orangish glow.
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