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Re: Mercury migration
Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment In Response To: Re: Mercury migration (Gavin)
Date: Saturday, 3 August 2013, at 1:42 p.m.
> Yes, I knew the mixing gases reply was
> complete rubbish but I had to put the
> question out there before getting into
> further discussions with the supplier.
> Mercury migration can be accentuated by a
> few factors so im told.. mixing the gases
> with an electronic transformer might just be
> one of those factors especially if a diode
> has been used to clip the beading on neon
> tubes and the circuit then has some sort of
> DC polarity effect.. this is where my mind
> went anyway!
> NeonPro transformer are very good, but the
> rights to these was snapped up here a few
> years back now. I used to resell them at
> under the price it now costs me to buy.. Ive
> had discussion with neonPro who will
> actually supply to us despite their
> agreement so long as I have an extremely
> large minimum order but spending $10,000 on
> a shipment of 10KV transformers and $10,000
> on 7.5KV etc just aint good business these
> days. In the meantime, we shall try and find
> a solution with our current supplier whilst
> searching for other manufacturers of
> electronic transformers... they cant all
> have moved away from neon to LED SMPS
> surely?As a note, with any electronic transformer, make absolutely sure there is mercury on each electrode. And not just a tiny little spec. Try to distribute it evenly between the two electrodes.
Gavin, If it were not for the fact of the different primary voltage and plug style, we could probably work something out.
shocking, if you're interested in my pricing shoot me a PM.
Mark
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