[sdiy] mains switches and Neons

[dragons]

Hi,
I think it may be down to bad connections within the switch itself.
for some spares for HH electronics I have used Maj electronics previously.
I have found that some of the smoothing caps across the main supply 
rails tent to need changing on the ic100 and similar models.

regards Peter

On 11/02/13 18:40, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> On 11/02/13 18:32, rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk wrote:
>> As the neon bulb ages it's striking voltage increases. Eventually the
>> 340V peaks of the mains supply (or 156V if you live in US) will not be
>> sufficient to strike a glow discharge in the gas. However, if vibration
>> even momentarily reduces the gap between the electrodes then a discharge
>> will be initiated at a lower voltage.
>
> That is what I thought, but I'd be really surprised if they were
> reducing the gap by *that* much...
>