My latest toy light. - Geissler tube

icecruncher · 07-18-2011, 09:44 PM

just got this delivered from ebay today.

Now I just need to figure out how to power it. I'm building a wimshurst that I think will do the trick. But if anyone knows of another easier solution, please let me know?

Tube - tip to tip is about 7 1/2" long which is fairly large, believe it or not.
Obviously some of the glass is uranium glass for the effect.
This is one of the nicer, more elaborate ones I've seen. I've been looking for one for over a year that I liked. I'm guessing it is filled with argon, based on the color.

The pictures are from the ebay page.

http://www.crtsite.com/page6.html

jeffreythe00 · 07-18-2011, 10:04 PM

Looks like something you can smoke out of (Just sayin!)... o.O

Very nice! Cant wait to see it lit!

BShanahan14rulz · 07-19-2011, 03:52 PM

Link = awesome. Geissler tube > Neon sign

Xtrm2Rick · 07-19-2011, 05:18 PM

wow those things look awesome!, never seen these things.

thnx for sharing

3zuli · 07-19-2011, 07:49 PM

cool. a way to power it is to have a HV DC pwer supply (search google: HV 555 - you should get a lot of circuits)
some info here: Geissler tubes

Fenzir · 07-19-2011, 07:55 PM

Those actually look really cool from the pictures in the link.
Will you be posting any pictures?

icecruncher · 07-19-2011, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenzir

Those actually look really cool from the pictures in the link.
Will you be posting any pictures?

Once I get a way to power it, I'll post a couple pics

hakzaw1 · 07-19-2011, 09:44 PM

if you can bring it to SELEM, Sam surely knows much about this item..& i want to see it. bare HeNes glow some when placed close to a plasma globe--maybe this will too.

07-18-2011, 09:44 PM	#1
icecruncher Class 2M Laser Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 661 Rep Power: 43	My latest toy light. - Geissler tube just got this delivered from ebay today. Now I just need to figure out how to power it. I'm building a wimshurst that I think will do the trick. But if anyone knows of another easier solution, please let me know? Tube - tip to tip is about 7 1/2" long which is fairly large, believe it or not. Obviously some of the glass is uranium glass for the effect. This is one of the nicer, more elaborate ones I've seen. I've been looking for one for over a year that I liked. I'm guessing it is filled with argon, based on the color. The pictures are from the ebay page. http://www.crtsite.com/page6.html Attached Thumbnails Last edited by icecruncher; 07-18-2011 at 10:32 PM. Reason: change a picture - added info

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jeffreythe00 Class 3R Laser Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: USA, Plains, Pennsylvania Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 147	Re: My latest toy light. - Geissler tube Looks like something you can smoke out of (Just sayin!)... o.O Very nice! Cant wait to see it lit! __________________ Want to be a part of the member map? Pm me! Personal lasers 800nm 40W PressTek INC Fiber Coupled Diode 660nm >100mW Newwish 635nm 500mW 501B 532nm 130mW Wicked Lasers Executive Pro: Nexus 532nm >150mW Jetlasers Ti B 532 532nm 100mW Aixiz TTL Tunable Lab Laser Click for more info 3x 532nm 20mW Newwish Laser's 445nm >1W 1st Gen Kryton Groove 445nm 800mw Wicked Lasers Arctic 405nm >50mW Newwish 473nm 7mWB&W Tek Labby 1064nm Passive Q-switch ND:YAG SSY-1 Multi KW Pulses. 10600nm 13W Air Cooled RF Excited Co2 Multiline >40mW 8 line JDSU Uniphase Small Frame Argon Wicked Lasers Torch 20W Coherent 200 LPM

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BShanahan14rulz Class 3R Laser Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,287 Rep Power: 106	Re: My latest toy light. - Geissler tube Link = awesome. Geissler tube > Neon sign

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