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UNITED NUCLEAR HAS CROOKES TUBES!

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Adam Munich
Thu Jul 15 2010, 02:13PM Print
Adam Munich Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
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All of them are around $80, including the PADDLEWHEEL TUBE! Finally, i don't have to spend $425 to get one!

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Proud Mary
Thu Jul 15 2010, 04:46PM
Proud Mary Registered Member #543 Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
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Once in a while you see the traditional Crookes tube come up on ebay, the traditional type with a Maltese cross that throws its shadow on a phosphor screen. They used to be standard in school science teaching, so those that come up for auction usually appear in sales of school lab clear-outs.

There's a German chappie who has an ebay shop selling Geissler tubes - modern ones which he makes himself, I think, rather than the costly Victorian parlour amusements:

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Adam Munich
Thu Jul 15 2010, 10:21PM
Adam Munich Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
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Good to know! All the geissler tubes sold on ebay.com cost alot. Never thought about checking .co.uk.
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Mattski
Thu Jul 15 2010, 10:40PM
Mattski Registered Member #1792 Joined: Fri Oct 31 2008, 08:12PM
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About what voltage/current would be needed to run the paddle wheel tube at a reasonable speed?
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Adam Munich
Thu Jul 15 2010, 10:41PM
Adam Munich Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
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About 15kv at no more than 5 milliamps. Any higher voltage and it will present an X-ray hazard.

Here's a video of an actual crooke's PW tube.

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