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From: jeffj@sfsup.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: exciting neon lamps
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Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 18:30:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 18:30:06 1987
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[buzz buzz]
At Azuma (a chain of oriental stores), there's a neon flower
that slowly lights up from the bottom to top.
The bottom of the tube is attached to the base with the transformer, but
THERE IS NO CONNECTION TO THE TOP.
How is the gas excited?  It's obviously not by high voltage.
RF excitation?

	Jeffrey Jonas
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