Diode steering 7-segment mini movie
Spanning years and projects I give you a stream of diode consciousness, from my deep proof of concept 7-segment display…
Lumitime 2: the revenge!!!
The simple repair of a Lumitime electromechanical neon digital alarm clock turns into quite an adventure with many unexpected twists…
Lumitime clock maintenance
These electromechanical neon display clocks do need regular maintenance to keep on running. Here is a short video to show…
A desperate light: moore’s tubes
Daniel McFarlan Moore was an engineer ahead of his time who envisioned a world illuminated by his brilliant light tubes.…
A look inside a 1968 high voltage data indicator
Another side video about the unique TEC-Lite indicators that I found inside the NASA C-Start rack module made by Control…
Total Fail!!! The Green Neon Is A LIE!!!
My 10 day endurance test shows just how useless these modern green "neon" phosphorescent display lamps are. Anyone know of…
Franlab feedback rant – december 2020
Time to rant about the ranting about some of the recent videos.... again! More on the fundamentals of Radioactivity -…
Green neon?? now wait a minute!
I am very curious as to exactly what kind of gas mixture is used in these really tiny little green…
World’s first forgotten electric wonder – chariot race of 1910
Lots of hours in this one and I hope you enjoy it! Here is the forgotten tale of a long…