So I don't have a proper driver for my HeNe tube at the moment, I picked it up for $5 or $10 at a swap meet a few years back.
So I hooked it up to a micro fluorescent tube driver from an old office scanner to see if it would do anything.
I know it's terribly under voltage, just testing to see if it even worked.
It did light up, but nowhere near where it should be. It hugged the outside edge.
Is it worth procuring the right power supply, or could this be a bad tube?
I have a feeling a higher starting voltage driver might jump the right path...
Don't want to buy a power supply if it doesn't work ya know. Thanks.
Image links
Tube tag
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8a...w?usp=drivesdk
Non-lasing pattern
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8a...w?usp=drivesdk
So I hooked it up to a micro fluorescent tube driver from an old office scanner to see if it would do anything.
I know it's terribly under voltage, just testing to see if it even worked.
It did light up, but nowhere near where it should be. It hugged the outside edge.
Is it worth procuring the right power supply, or could this be a bad tube?
I have a feeling a higher starting voltage driver might jump the right path...
Don't want to buy a power supply if it doesn't work ya know. Thanks.
Image links
Tube tag
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8a...w?usp=drivesdk
Non-lasing pattern
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8a...w?usp=drivesdk