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Knowledge

Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment
Date: Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 5:35 p.m.

In Response To: Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable (Sign Shack)

http://www.svpneon.com/Gauges.html#4

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The digital temperature gauges most commonly offered to the neon industry at the present time are also affected by the bombarder high voltage electromagnetic field. The printed circuit board and related components that comprise these instruments were simply not designed for this. The result is an instrument that can display various readings at any given temperature depending on different factors including the load on the bombarder, which changes the characteristics of the emitted high voltage field. General observations reported have also been temperature readouts that go “haywire” once the gauge passes a certain temperature: i.e. The numbers begin to rapidly bounce around both upscale and downscale, or the numbers, which are comprised of LCD’s, “scramble” and are illegible. The manufacturer of these gauges is aware of these inherent problems. Their solution is to wrap the circuit board in aluminum foil in an attempt to shield it from the high voltage field.

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Messages In This Thread

• did my temp gauge fry? -- Sign Shack -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 1:52 a.m.
  • Re: did my temp gauge fry? -- neontek -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 5:03 p.m.
  • Re: did my temp gauge fry? -- Chris S. -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 5:16 p.m.
  • There's a better product that's DIY repairable *NM* -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 12:33 a.m.
    • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- Sign Shack -- Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 1:33 a.m.
      • Knowledge -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 5:35 p.m.
      • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- sean s -- Monday, 21 April 2014, at 5:12 p.m.
        • Wrong. All clamp-on gauges don't say 250C. Read. *NM* -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 22 April 2014, at 12:17 a.m.
        • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- John Anderson -- Tuesday, 29 April 2014, at 4:18 p.m.
          • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Wednesday, 30 April 2014, at 12:27 a.m.
            • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- John Anderson -- Wednesday, 30 April 2014, at 5:40 p.m.
              • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Wednesday, 30 April 2014, at 6:52 p.m.
                • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- John Anderson -- Wednesday, 30 April 2014, at 9:17 p.m.
                  • Re: There's a better product that's DIY repairable -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 1 May 2014, at 12:11 a.m.

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