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Re: Mercury - playing safely at home

Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment
Date: Thursday, 21 February 2013, at 12:15 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Mercury - playing safely at home (Romarrk)


> BTW after some serious brainstorming I think
> I found a way to pump a tube with a little
> mercury in a way I *almost* feel acceptable
> at home, just by modifying standard
> procedure. And without over-complicating
> things, too

> I will use two tubulated electrodes and
> splice mercury trap to a dead end opposite
> to manifold. That way, if almost anything
> fails (including most possible - tube
> cracking on bombarding) the air will flow in
> a way that keeps mercury where it should
> stay instead of certainly sucking it into
> manifold and pump.

Why not just use a particle trap between the neon unit and manifold? Oh wait, you already have one - unless the manifold in the picture isn't yours. (?)


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