NE-2H (Neon Lamp) Specifications

[Steve Sousa]

If you would also like, I can repost the scan of 'The Ubiquitous
Neon' from the "Electrical Experimenter's Handbook" (1969)

Could you please repost it? It didn't come up on my isp :-(

Or send it to:
etsteve@ .
yahoo.com .

 

[Oppie]

In replying to Jim's message with the post, I forgot to delete the other
non-binaries groups from the address. the only group it should actually be
in is a.b.s.e.

Copy sent by email (broadband is great)

 

[Chuck Harris]

Somehow, having Fig.16 from the .pdf and that ring osc.
from the link Tim Shoppa posted both in my brain simultaneously,
out pops:

Jeopardy Light!

+V (or minus V - what the heck, they're NE-2's!)
|
[R1]
|
+-------+-------+---+---+-------+-------+-------+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
[N] [N] [N] [N] [N] [N] [N]
| | | | | | |
+-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[R] [R] [R] [R] [R] [R] [R]
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+-+-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|
|
|
-V

First guy that fires hogs all the volts. This would work,
wouldn't it? Or has it been done,like, a hundred years ago?

Cheers!
Rich

Uhmmm? This really makes no sense! What are the "R" and "S"
parts of the schematic? Reset and Set push buttons? ..or Resistor
and Switch?

Me thinks you have a wee little bit more work to do.

-Chuck

 

[Tim Shoppa]

Somehow, having Fig.16 from the .pdf and that ring osc.
from the link Tim Shoppa posted both in my brain simultaneously,
out pops:

Jeopardy Light!

+V (or minus V - what the heck, they're NE-2's!)
|
[R1]
|
+-------+-------+---+---+-------+-------+-------+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
[N] [N] [N] [N] [N] [N] [N]
| | | | | | |
+-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+ +-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[R] [R] [R] [R] [R] [R] [R]
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+-+-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|
|
|
-V

First guy that fires hogs all the volts. This would work,
wouldn't it? Or has it been done,like, a hundred years ago?

Is the per-neon [R] a resistor or a reset switch? I don't
think it's a reset switch because the simplest way to do that is
to disconnect power.

If it's a resistor then I don't think the circuit will work as
intended ... a neon will fire even before a switch has been closed.

All that said, remove the per-neon [R]'s and then I think it'll be
what you want.

The circuit of Fig 16 is true genius. Not only does it tell you who was
first, but also second, third, etc. True genius!

Tim.