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Suggestions for a tube that shows lots of filament
Hi,
I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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I saw this done with voltage regulators, in a popular electronics article
within the last 10 years or so. Try an 0D3G, or similar. I'm not sure if it will give off useful light, but it's a neat purple glow. "Gerry Moersdorf" wrote in message ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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Maybe Brown Boveri T300-1 (about 12V 10A) DHT .
http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/f...0/t/T300-1.pdf Ronald . "Gerry Moersdorf" schreef in bericht ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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Sould be nice for a SE active sub also .... ;-)
"Ronald" schreef in bericht ... Maybe Brown Boveri T300-1 (about 12V 10A) DHT . http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/f...0/t/T300-1.pdf Ronald . "Gerry Moersdorf" schreef in bericht ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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Gerry Moersdorf wrote: Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry Get yourself an old tungar bulb. They look way cool, and they're pretty much useless for anything else, so you won't be wasting a precious thoriated tungsten tube as a nightlight. Cheers, Fred -- +--------------------------------------------+ | Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ | | Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: | | http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk | +--------------------------------------------+ |
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0A3 (neon)
6AS7 (two big cathodes) 12B4 (one small) Most thoriated tungsten tubes 6L6GC if you want to send it operating voltages (these can be AC); blue glow. Eye tubes (6U5, all those British types, etc.) Tim -- In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!" Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms "Gerry Moersdorf" wrote in message ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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Thankyou, max, ronald, fred, tim:
Thanks for the great suggestions. i was thinking along the lines you were, but not sure that i remembered which tubes glow the best! The eye tube idea is something i want to play with, i went to mendelson's surplus in dayton just yesterday in search of these sorts of tubes (they have a great tube room) but the eye tubes of every sort of type number have been snapped up. but i will play with the other types in search of the tube art geek nightlight. thankyou for the great suggestions! Gerry |
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"Gerry Moersdorf" wrote in message ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry Check this thread http://tinyurl.com/o6py I think these are transmitter tubes with tungsten filaments... |
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Hello, Gerry, Hullo, FellowRATs(TM)
fear not, this isn't weird at all. Try to obtain an NOS Russian GU81-M, Which has a plate as big as a fist, and no mica supports obstructing the filament's glow. I use one myself as a nightlamp, it takes 10 Amps @ 12 Volts if you use the filaments in series, you're also free to let it run on 6 Volts 20 Amps if you wish to have a kind of 'hot tail' heater (those conductor wires)additionally. (c; (^^- I stole this, but don't know who from, it is _very_ cute!) Those BBC triodes mentioned in another post are also nice, I have two of those T50-1 's, but I think they are too precious to be misused in that way. Gonna build a big Triode-PP around them. regards Sebastian "Gerry Moersdorf" wrote in message ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry |
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Henry 007 wrote: "Gerry Moersdorf" wrote in message ... Hi, I know this is a wierd questions, but this tube group is wierd. I want to build a tube nightlight. I need a suggestion for a tube type that is cool (lots of wierd glass or form factor) and when powered only by it's filament will provide a great glow. I think these will make great artistic giveaways for fellow nerds and geeks. what tube type? Gerry Check this thread http://tinyurl.com/o6py I think these are transmitter tubes with tungsten filaments... One of them is for sure, but I think the one that looks like a bong is a "tungar lamp" (rectifier tube). Cheers, Fred -- +--------------------------------------------+ | Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ | | Projects: http://dogstar.dantimax.dk | +--------------------------------------------+ |
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