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HID arc tube and 40 ma 4 kv neon sign transformer? « on: January 20, 2019, 09:03:44 PM » Author: mdcastle
Any ideas what, if anything, would happen?
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Re: HID arc tube and 40 ma 4 kv neon sign transformer? « Reply #1 on: January 21, 2019, 03:01:41 AM » Author: Medved
For a bref moments (few minutes) not much, the discharge will limit the voltage to low level.
Long term (hours,...) the HID electrode sputtering will degrade the arctube (at 40mA the electrodes have no chance to warm up).
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Re: HID arc tube and 40 ma 4 kv neon sign transformer? « Reply #2 on: February 02, 2019, 11:26:28 AM » Author: Ash
With SON arc tubes (or an intact SON lamp), you might very well be able to observe the phosphorescence of the arc tube ceramic. Try it out
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