Long Live Halolight!

[zenithfan1]

Hey, BTW, what was wrong with the Halolight? Also, there are at least 3 more sets at my house with your name on them

[miniman82]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

there are at least 3 more sets at my house with your name on them

That's cool, I hope the name on one of those is WINGATE!!!!

Just messin' with ya. I still have to grab that Mag console, but what other ones do you have in mind? Some of the other B&W's, I assume?

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

BTW, what was wrong with the Halolight?

You know, it's kind of a funny story. I was so close to taking the tube to a neon sign shop to have the electrodes and gas replaced, since it initially didn't do anything at all. I knew the transformer was good, and so was the control and resistors. I messed with it for a while then gave up, assuming the tube was past it's prime. When I set about working on it this time around, I was originally only gonna grab the tube and take it with me back to Waukegan to take to the sign shop, but I hooked it up on a whim to give it one last chance.

I'll be damned if the thing didn't blink at me! That gave me hope, so I removed the tube from it's plastic frame to investigate. When it was on the bench it worked just fine, minimum brightess all the way up to max. Put it back in the plastic housing, nothing. Strange??? Methinks.

I checked for 120 VAC at the Halolight connector, which I got.

If you could get the tube to come on at all, a simple touch of my finger in a certain spot would be enough to cause it to shut off, so I suspected static was playing a role. The plastic and the light were both pretty dirty, so I gave both a good scrub, then shot them with anti-static spray.

That's when it started working no matter what I did to it. I could touch it anywhere, and it wouldn't turn off. So I mounted everything back into the set, powered it up, and viola!

So, I guess the lesson learned for other Halolight guys is- clean the thing out???

I'm not saying my tube still isn't bad, only time will tell. But for right now, it seems to be doing pretty well! I let it run for a good hour, and when I came back it was still going strong.