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Nice 6" HeNe tubes on fleabay






LtKernelPanic

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But there's always room for another little HeNe right?! :eg:

I really don't either (in fact I'm watching another seller for a case I can use to protect my HeNe tubes in so I can finally clean up my work room) but I've been looking for a small red tube that shows a good amount of plasma. The little red uniphase I got in the kit from Sam is a nice tube but only shows about an inch of plasma.
 
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Heh yeah I suppose theres always room :p but with me moving and all and having all my electronics in boxes and not knowing whats where its a little difficult to make a proper PSU plus it would just be ONE nore thing I never use :p
Yeah cases are really nice for storing stuff you dont want broken like hene's.

What kind of case?
 
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532 with Envy said:
Nice find and they look like nice little tube! The price is right too.

Double check with someone here on the forum but I think that these PSU's will lite that tube.:beer:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270929540743?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1413
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I'm going to google the tube's part number and get its specs once it gets here but my gut feeling is that PSU should work. I hope it does because I'd like to keep a 1:1 tube:pSU ratio. I know some 6" tubes use 3ma and others 3.3. If it turns out to be a 3.3ma tube I'll have to defer to the more knowledgeable people here but but if the voltage is in the correct range I don't think the .3ma would make too much of a difference for hobbyist use.
 
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Awesome, I'm excited!

Anything else special about these that I should be aware of? I'm going into uncharted territory here (for me). :D
 
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I will post up a wiring diagram for you when I get mine. It is not hard to wire you just need to put a couple wires together on the power side.

Oh and DO NOT forget to discharge the tube befor handing. It will nail you but not to bad.
 
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Here you go. I got the PSU's today but, they are not 4.5-6 volt input:mad: It takes 9 volt min. input like all the others I have. Oh well. So here's how you wire it up. The big red wire with resistor goes to tube + and small black with eyelet goes to tube - . Now the small wires in the black connector are for power input. Red is + 9volt, the black -, the white with yellow tracer goes to + input and the white with black tracer gets capped off (not used).
 

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Looks like mine is being shipped right now.

Ok, so just to be clear, it's a bit tricky to tell from the picture:

n2stuff said:
Now the small wires in the black connector are for power input. Red is + 9volt, the black -, the white with yellow tracer goes to + input and the white with black tracer gets capped off (not used).
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So red and white with yellow tracer both go to +9V input?
 
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Ghostchrome said:
Looks like mine is being shipped right now.

Ok, so just to be clear, it's a bit tricky to tell from the picture:



So red and white with yellow tracer both go to +9V input?
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You got it. I guess I should have took better picture for ya.
 
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