Neon bulb logic elements link?

[Pete Turnbull]

On May 25 2005,  9:01, Stan Barr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Pete Turnbul said:
>
> > On May 24 2005, 17:11, James Fogg wrote:
> >
> > > I seem to recall that neon's behave as diodes. I might be wrong.
> >
> > No, neons happily pass AC.  You must be thinking of something else.
>
> They have hysteresis.  The striking voltage is higher than the
> maintaining voltage which allows you to use them as switches and
> oscillators.

I know.  The first oscillator I ever built was a relaxation oscillator
using a neon lamp.

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