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The gas would be different, Xenon instead of Neon.
What is the purpose of a flash tube? To convert as much energy as possible into visible light, so you should not expect very high efficiency when used as a switch. Most of them are also made for low duty cycle and will heat up and crack after a short while.
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They would not be more efficient, as a ton of the energy will be converted to light, and still tons of heat.
They would crack even with low power after long i would also think, even if kept cool.
Also, are you talking about the thing that makes the really bright flash, or the orange dim glowing one? The light meant for the flash is xenon, and the orange dim one is neon. They would both suffer from the above mentioned things.
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Never give up on pondering... Your idea was sound. Without an occasional epiphany, our world would never have advanced to it's present technological level. Never stop with the "what if"....
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EvilTesla-RG wrote ...
This may sound wierd, but it might work. (becouse Neon bulbs arn't naturaly conductive) ANd the bulbs are much more effeicent than a spark gap.
Only one possible issue I can think of, that is the quenching ability of a neon bulb.
By some random chance has anyone tried this? Or does anyone know how well a Neon Bulb quenches?
It's not wierd at all. You have just re-discovered the thyratron, the triggered gas discharge valve.
Neon, however is not employed . Argon, and Argon-Mercury are used in 'slow' thyratrons, while hydrogen is the fill gas in fast devices for picosecond switching applications
Thyratrons are one of the few inventions of the thermionic age that have survived into the present. In some applications, where very large currents must be switched in picoseconds, thyratrons have yet to be replaced.
Thyratrons usually work into Rayleigh lines, where even quite small devices are able to switch 10kW peak power. Large thyratrons are able to produce megawatt pulses.
You stand a good chance of being killed outright by misuse of even one of the smaller devices.
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