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It lives! WIIFM in gorgeous ruby red crackle tube! Bending the 15mm ruby wasnt too bad. It did have a moment when the last electrode cracked and I had to empty some of the fill to weld and bend a new "W" tail back in (an then refill with crackle). I also only filled this one to 8 torr pressure, making it even more conductive than the clear one.
I used a 15kv 60ma aging transformer to give it a mini bombard across the tube. It is nice to see when the gas has actually flowed and get a sense with the Kill A Watt how much current its drawing.
Seems to be aging out of the typical ruby mess- these colored glass non phosphor coated tubes hold onto moisture and other impurities and must be heated extra hot. 800 F for 7 hours with 6 hours under vacuum should do the trick. The bombard with the aging transformer was nice for cleaning things up as well.
WIIFM stands for Whats In It For Me
#art #glass #neon #fabrication #evil #electric #brooklyn #nyc #WIIFM #highvoltage #kiln #red #lightning
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It lives! WIIFM in gorgeous ruby red crackle tube! Bending the 15mm ruby wasnt too bad. It did have a moment when the last electrode cracked and I had to empty some of the fill to weld and bend a new "W" tail back in (an then refill with crackle). I also only filled this one to 8 torr pressure, making it even more conductive than the clear one.
I used a 15kv 60ma aging transformer to give it a mini bombard across the tube. It is nice to see when the gas has actually flowed and get a sense with the Kill A Watt how much current its drawing.
Seems to be aging out of the typical ruby mess- these colored glass non phosphor coated tubes hold onto moisture and other impurities and must be heated extra hot. 800 F for 7 hours with 6 hours under vacuum should do the trick. The bombard with the aging transformer was nice for cleaning things up as well.
WIIFM stands for Whats In It For Me
#art #glass #neon #fabrication #evil #electric #brooklyn #nyc #WIIFM #highvoltage #kiln #red #lightning
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It lives! WIIFM in gorgeous ruby red crackle tube! Bending the 15mm ruby wasnt too bad. It did have a moment when the last electrode cracked and I had to empty some of the fill to weld and bend a new "W" tail back in (an then refill with crackle). I also only filled this one to 8 torr pressure, making it even more conductive than the clear one.
I used a 15kv 60ma aging transformer to give it a mini bombard across the tube. It is nice to see when the gas has actually flowed and get a sense with the Kill A Watt how much current its drawing.
Seems to be aging out of the typical ruby mess- these colored glass non phosphor coated tubes hold onto moisture and other impurities and must be heated extra hot. 800 F for 7 hours with 6 hours under vacuum should do the trick. The bombard with the aging transformer was nice for cleaning things up as well.
WIIFM stands for Whats In It For Me
#art #glass #neon #fabrication #evil #electric #brooklyn #nyc #WIIFM #highvoltage #kiln #red #lightning