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Re:Glowing mercury thyratrons: inside a 1940s Teletype switc... by planteen on Monday September 10, 2018 @01:45PM (#17953538)
> these rectifiers are way more attractive but I can't bring myself to work with them.

Cool project! Do you say you can't bring yourself to work with them for safety reasons (as in, I imagine mercury vapor is very dangerous if it escapes the tube) or is there another reason?

Re:Glowing mercury thyratrons: inside a 1940s Teletype switc... by dekhn on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:01PM (#17954714)
just the mercury vapor being dangerous.