Re: Bombarding Flashback Bombarding Flashback

To: neon-l@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Bombarding Flashback Bombarding Flashback
From: Frank Varnell <frank@xlnt.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:11:55 -0800
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:02:55 PST." <199601132302.PAA13488@ix12.ix.netcom.com>
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>Has anyone experienced a situation where, at the start of the 
>bombarding process, the bombarding current passed from one of the 
>unit’s electrodes down through the main stopcock and into the vacuum 
>pump.  This may be a common occurrence, but I haven’t see it before.  
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I've heard of people integrating a non-tubulated electrode into
the manifold near the stopcock. The wires are then tied to ground.
This shunts any flashback to ground and not through the manifold.

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