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Offline THATguyTopic starter

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Help ID strange bulb
« on: February 13, 2019, 11:21:39 am »
Pulled from Kitchen Jug (boiling water).
Think it might be Halogen, strange 2 bars with no filament (I believe it is functional).
 

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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2019, 11:27:45 am »
Looks like a neon ... complete with current limiting resistor in one leg.
 

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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2019, 12:11:25 pm »
Definitely a neon
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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2019, 12:16:18 pm »
Correct. Probably an NE2 like this one on ebay for $1.28.

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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2019, 12:27:44 pm »
Right. Looks just like this NE2 on ebay for $1.28. A similar one with a screw base was an NE51. They are current devices, just like leds. The drop across the bulb is around 65 volts as opposed to the 2 or 3 volts of an led. Unkike an led, they are not polarised and work on in both halves of the AC cycle. When they get old they start to flicker

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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2019, 01:21:40 pm »
Awesome, thanks guys 👍
 

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Re: Help ID strange bulb
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2019, 12:06:42 pm »
You can get different colors but most are yellow/orange
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