Identify This

[Geronimoe]

Hiya,

Now asked in the Combustion Chamber and not identified so asking here.
I was hoping someone can identify this below.

Found it in the reuser shop near our local tip.

think its an old style neon bulb but inside is a red coloured fluid.

Tempted to put 240v through it but wanted some input just in case.

Looks old and possibly radioactive as they used to in them days.





If you look close there is no element within but the 2 ends without liquid are connected by a tube of glass.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Links don't work so can't make out the details.

Just copy and paste larger pictures.

 

[Geronimoe]

Links don't work so can't make out the details.

Just copy and paste larger pictures.

Reuploaded try them

 

[EFLImpudence]

That works - but, other than some kind of lamp, I don't know what they are.

 

[bernardgreen]

It is almost certainly a Geissler Tube,

Information here http://www.crtsite.com/page6-4.html

 

[JohnW2]

It is almost certainly a Geissler Tube,

It certainly looks like one, but have you ever seen (or heard of) one filled with fluid?

Kind Regards, John

 

[bernardgreen]

Many were filled with flourescent materials ( phosphers ) to create colours that could not be created by ionised gas(s).

Some of the flourescent materials used in older tubes are toxic and hence care should taken as breaking the tube could create a toxic hazard.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Tempted to put 240v through it but wanted some input just in case.

No danger in giving into temptation.

Nor any point - it's nowhere near enough to make it work.

Got a microwave oven you can cannibalise? There will be something inside which will provide enough danger.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It certainly looks like one, but have you ever seen (or heard of) one filled with fluid?

http://www.crtsite.com/page6-2.html

 

[JBR]

It is almost certainly a Geissler Tube,

Information here http://www.crtsite.com/page6-4.html

Thanks for that link, Bernard. Fascinating site, also including X-ray tubes.
Ever since training as a radiographer, I have been fascinated by early X-ray tubes and their development.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Found it in the reuser shop near our local tip.

How much does it owe you?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/?_nkw=(geissler,crookes)+tube

 

[Geronimoe]

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It is almost certainly a Geissler Tube,

Information here http://www.crtsite.com/page6-4.html

Thank You

How much does it owe you?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/?_nkw=(geissler,crookes)+tube

50p

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Looks like you can make a profit.