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Old 07-23-2010, 05:37 AM
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Hmm.... three leads, so it's probably a diode of some sort. They are so big b/c of the high voltage involved in transmitting; smaller tubes would probably break down and short.
Heck, just seeing that light up would make for an awesome wall decoration.


How about a mercury arc rectifier?
See here:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/201...rs_are_aw.html

For size reference, see last image here:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...er/index.shtml


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