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Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, Duarte said:

I've actually never seen one like it.

 

Gear heads anodise a lot of bolt on goodies for their 'bikes and cars.  As colour finishes go, anodising stands out without making ally parts look less metallic and more plastic-y.

 

 

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1 hour ago, MartinB said:

How about some radioactive side dots?

 

Very interesting.  Although they are radio luminescent and not radioactive in the eeeeeeeek sense.

 

That has set me thinking.  I might be able to use one of those with fibre optics  Then I'd just have the one battery dependent device on board but still have side dots or fret lines if it's a fretless neck.

 

Thanks for the link.

 

Here's another one

 

https://www.fruugo.co.uk/tritium-gas-tube-luminous-emergency-light-outdoor-edc/p-234280022-500955548?language=en&ac=tradedoubler&utm_source=organic_shopping&utm_medium=organic

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tritium dots are functional for 12.5 years. I'd go for (Strontium based) inactive luminous material that can be functional for decades. 

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1 hour ago, itu said:

Tritium dots are functional for 12.5 years. I'd go for (Strontium based) inactive luminous material that can be functional for decades. 

 

Which has the better output though?

 

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Inactive can push pretty much light in the activation phase, and it decays... you know it is a lot like ADSR. It gets lower and lower during next hours. I have tested an inactive material that was visible for around 75 hours in total darkness after activation. Super-Luminova is a Strontium based material, but as it wasn't available as powder (powder was mixed with a printing material, kind of a paint), the material tested was from another company. 

 

Active material (most common and practically only available to consumers is Tritium) has a sustain and release time of 12.5 years. Actually you can see some glow for around 25 years, but the latter half is already low. 

 

Some data can be found here: 

https://www.rctritec.com/en 

https://www.nemoto.co.jp/en/ 

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24 minutes ago, itu said:

Inactive can push pretty much light in the activation phase, and it decays... you know it is a lot like ADSR. It gets lower and lower during next hours. I have tested an inactive material that was visible for around 75 hours in total darkness after activation. Super-Luminova is a Strontium based material, but as it wasn't available as powder (powder was mixed with a printing material, kind of a paint), the material tested was from another company. 

 

Active material (most common and practically only available to consumers is Tritium) has a sustain and release time of 12.5 years. Actually you can see some glow for around 25 years, but the latter half is already low. 

 

Some data can be found here: 

https://www.rctritec.com/en 

https://www.nemoto.co.jp/en/ 

 

So... which is brightest pound for pound, if you get my meaning?  I will read your references later.

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