Talk:Self-powered lighting

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[edit] Decay rate

It has a half life of about twelve and a half years. Thus, any traser will lose half its brightness every twelve and a half years.

This seems logical enough, but it assumes the relationship between the number of tritium atoms and the brightness is linear. Is it? - furrykef (Talk at me) 15:32, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

It is very close to linear. +sj + 07:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LEC

"light-emiting capacitor" do these exist? this page is the only google link for it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.118.97 (talk • contribs)

See the following links:

— Johan the Ghost seance 09:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

  • "LEC" is a term used by the Ceelight company to describe their flat panel lighting products. They make Electroluminescent derived lighting products , but strongly object to the products being called electroluminescent. I think of this as being a marketing decision, but figure they can call their product what they want. I was rather surprised to see the phrase tucked into the traser article, since they are not self powered and have absolutely nothing to do with the article.--Ken McE 17:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Similiar lamps filled with Krypton 85 or using Promethium

There are similiar lamps filled with Krypton 85 or using Promethium compounds as radioactive source. Who knows more about them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.49.75.207 (talk • contribs)

  • You can use any beta emitter to make a traser. H3 get used a lot, probably because it is the least deadly if spilled.

--Ken McE 17:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tritium

This entire page is about tritium. Why is it called "Self-powered lighting"? I couldn't imagine a more vague and less descriptive article name.

  • That phrase is in public use to describe this technology. It denotes equipment that contains its own power and needs nothing from the outside world. If you have a clearer phrase, please feel free to post it here.--Ken McE 17:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Traser

The article titled "Traser" redirects to this page. This page doesn't explain anything to do with Traser. It doesn't even contain the string "Traser" anywhere on the page. Why is this?

The google definition shows that a previous wikipedia article had a proper definition, but it has since been vandalized: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+traser
  •  ::The author "UninvitedCompany" did an edit on 19:10, 24 March 2006, it appears that he considers the word "Traser" to be copyrighted. I had thought the word dated back to NATO in the 1960's, and that they used it as a generic description of the technology.--Ken McE 17:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regulation

Because these devices are radioactive, in some places (in the US) their use is restricted or prohibited. There may be special disposal requirements, as hazardous waste. Proper disposal may be expensive. EXIT signs are commonly offered using this technology, and reading about them is a good way to learn about possible restrictions and costs. Please add information about regulation in various countries and states.-69.87.201.141 11:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal research, in health section

This was in the 'health' section, and really shouldn't have been, for lots of reasons:

Quote: Tritium presents no external radiation threat when encapsulated in non-hydrogen-permeable containers. This is not strictly true. I have observed someone testing my Tritium keyring with a hand-held X-ray detector. It gave an indisputable reading. The explanation - electrons hitting a target create X-rays. Unfortunately, I don't have the actual reading and I can't go back to repeat it. Perhaps someone could test this and supply the facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.116.67.106 (talk) 10:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beta lights

Theyre aka beta lights, so this term should be slotted in there somewhere. Tabby (talk) 01:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)