Quice question about neon.

ca$h · Post by **ca$h** » 19 Mar 2005, 21:58

How does neon work in real life? Can you turn it on and off?

jemc · Post by **jemc** » 19 Mar 2005, 22:04

we have a regular neon light in our kitchen and yeah, you can turn it off. i dunno about the cars. i suppose yes, when the engine goes off.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 19 Mar 2005, 23:14

You can simply have a switch to turn it off..

master m · Post by **master m** » 19 Mar 2005, 23:23

Offcourse you can turn it off

It would be stupid if it was on all the time, even when you're not driving

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 19 Mar 2005, 23:29

Neon is just a gas, it's the 10th element in the periodic table, and it's a noble gas (which is very, very stable). According to my chemistry textbook, "an electric discharge produces high-energy electrons that strike Ne atoms and excite certain Ne electrons to a higher energy state. When an excited electron in the neon atom returns to a low-energy orbital, a photon of light is emitted." So, yeah, turn the electicity off, and the neon turns off also.

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 20 Mar 2005, 00:19

Yeah.

I remember that when I was a newbie I used to think that cars had got 1 big neon in the center down the car

Actually the cars need 4 neon-tubes: 1 in front, 1 in the rear part and 2 for both sides (all in the same color obviously!)

My question is: Do pulse neons exist in real life??

ca$h · Post by **ca$h** » 20 Mar 2005, 00:25

Ive never seen pulse neon in real life but Im sure it exists. Btw the neon sux in nfu2. YOu can like see the sticks. It was much better in nfsu.

jemc · Post by **jemc** » 20 Mar 2005, 00:47

^Sparco^ wrote:My question is: Do pulse neons exist in real life??

check this video that has all the answers

: http://www.streetglow.com/interactive/m ... ccn768.wmv
2:20 is the time when a truck with a pulse neon is shown

Corolla GTS · Post by **Corolla GTS** » 20 Mar 2005, 16:22

Wow, what a neon attack. That truck is impressive.

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 20 Mar 2005, 16:52

Meh, that looks crappy. In underground games, the neon switchs ON and OFF smoothly which is cool.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 20 Mar 2005, 17:05

In the video, it's more like flashing. A pulse like neon does exist.

master m · Post by **master m** » 20 Mar 2005, 17:20

In that video the neon's flash too fast.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 21 Mar 2005, 00:10

The neons are illegal in real life

It's also possible to make the neons as VU-meters. Isn't that cool?

Post by **TheStig** » 21 Mar 2005, 06:48

like dragster said... it is illegal so yes you have a on/off switch... if not you are rather srewed when the cops are near

Supra-man · Post by **Supra-man** » 21 Mar 2005, 07:20

doesnt it only make since that there would be an on and off switch. i do have to admit that i didnt know that it was illegal.

Post by **TheStig** » 22 Mar 2005, 03:35

probably not in all countries (dunno wich it is allowed and wich not) but where I live it is NOT allowed. and you get a nice ticket if caught

EmptyWords · Post by **EmptyWords** » 22 Mar 2005, 03:40

i see limos everyone in a while with white neons. i once saw a white jeep cherokee with a blue neon, it looked weird IMO

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 22 Mar 2005, 12:16

At my place there was a 206 with a neon, PARKED, and the neon was turned on. A cop walked to the car, waited a few mins, had to pay the ticket (it was BIG). I looked on the net a bit, and it's illegal (not everywhere) because it distracts other driver's attention. Quite logical...