Re: Why does this neon flicker?

From: CWatters (colin.watters_at_pandoraBOX.be)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:08:11 GMT

"John Fields" <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message
news:lpe8l052ahuddkv5t3lk32urdju1aptten@4ax.com...
> As far as the answer to your question goes, heat generated by the neon
> plasma rises, reducing the ionization potential in the 'hot patch',
> causing the plasma to follow the convection currents until it rises
> high enough above the peaks of the electrodes that the ionization
> potential gets to be too high to maintain the arc. When that happens
> the plasma will quench and a new one will start at the base of the
> electrodes, which are probably closer to each other than the tips, a
> la Jacob's Ladder.

or horn gap.

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