| Re: When 12 volts is not 9.6 volts
Richard B <blueSPAMMENOTrandonee@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns98AA750566CE1bluerandoneegmailcom@216.168. 3.50:
>> But I'm curious about your "cold cathode lights." What are they,
>> exactly? Sounds like a flourescent or neon-type bulb?
Cold cathode lighting is a very encompassing term. I guess marketing uses
it because it sounds, uh, cooler. It's basically any type of lighting that
uses excited gas from emitted electrons, without a heater to emit light.
So it includes your average neon lights, but it could also be any other gas
- xenon or argon for different colors, for example. It could even be
vacuum, and then you've got it striking some other glowing material
(phosphor-screen) to make light.
Nodey
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