[Heathkit] Tubes

[Walt dabell]

That's why I was thinking of doing some with LEDs. Cooler,
brighter (maybe), and can run on a battery instead of being
plugged in to the wall.

Walt

On 11/10/2011 11:28 AM, bdm0221 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/10/2011 9:53:17 AM Central Standard Time,
> walt at dabell.org writes:
>
>> I want to use them for old-tech "candles"
>> so speak. A display, mounted on a small box with an appropriate
>> power supply underneath to make the filament glow.
>
> I did that last Christmas.........
>
> One thing to watch out for. The 3-500Z I had mounted on a small wooden box
> looked great and was an interesting conversation piece.
>
> Then my 12 year old neice came over and put her finger on the glass to
> check it out and got a nice burn.