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CCFL, neon or something else?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marvo" data-source="post: 462675" data-attributes="member: 20838"><p>If it's neon then the transformer will often be made from a heavy ceramic/porcelain material because of the very high voltages involved, I'd also expect the wires at the end of the tube to be heavily insulated. With neon, there would also most likely be stickers all over it warning you about the high liklihood of death if you touch anything and I also doubt it would be sold with a standard plug on it if it were neon. It looks like a quartz tube to me so my first guess would be an OEM sterilizer lamp or sunbed in which case it will be UV-C which is also dangerous, if it is UV then a lamp that size will cause permanent damage to your eyes in a short space of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marvo, post: 462675, member: 20838"] If it's neon then the transformer will often be made from a heavy ceramic/porcelain material because of the very high voltages involved, I'd also expect the wires at the end of the tube to be heavily insulated. With neon, there would also most likely be stickers all over it warning you about the high liklihood of death if you touch anything and I also doubt it would be sold with a standard plug on it if it were neon. It looks like a quartz tube to me so my first guess would be an OEM sterilizer lamp or sunbed in which case it will be UV-C which is also dangerous, if it is UV then a lamp that size will cause permanent damage to your eyes in a short space of time. [/QUOTE]
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