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Automotive neon. Build this driver circuit to illuminate your car's license plate, light up its underside for a "spaceship" look, or create portable neon or argon light displays.
ELECTRONICS NOW Jul 1996 (v.67#7) pg. 47

A high-voltage pulse generator. Use to create lightning effects, perform Kirlian photography experiments, or play with neon lights. Uses an auto ignition coil. Delivers pulses up to 30,000 volts. Can be adapted for use as an electric fence charger.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS May 1988 (v.5#5) pg. 28
Correction HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Aug 1988 (v.5#8) pg. 4

Automotive neon. Build this driver circuit to illuminate your car's license plate, light up its underside for a spaceship look, or create portable neon or argon light displays. Est. cost: $20 (kit).
POPTRONIX EXPERIMENTER HANDBOOK Summer 1997 pg. 91

Build a high-voltage power supply (500 volts AC at 15 kHz) to light a neon tube or in any other high-voltage application.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1996 (v.13#7) pg. 47

5X voltage source. Circuit to multiply the voltage of two 9-volt batteries (in series) by a factor of five. The result will be a 90-volt output which can light a neon lamp.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1997 (v.14#3) pg. 73

Plasma Saber. Build a hand-held high-voltage source which powers the neon "blade" of this Star War's light saber. Est. cost: $70 (kit).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Oct 1999 (v.16#10) pg. 29

Neon-spreading illusion. A study of the optical illusory spreading of color resembling the diffuse light that issues from a glowing neon tube.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Nov 1989 (v.261#5) pg. 116

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