Thanks a lot. Assuming that this is nothing to be worried about at like 2 meter distance and not direct exposure even for long periods of time every day?

Yep.

 

Correct. There is nothing to be worried about.

ak

 

There are many more dangers in life to worry about...
Think about breathing contaminated air (radon, second-hand smoke, ground-level ozone, nitrous oxides and nitrous-amines not to mention soot and Benzene/toluene/xylene used to increase octane levels in gasoline).

Getting hit by a car because a driver (including you) is is distracted with an electronic device, because the other car (or your car) needs new tires, new tie-rods, new steering knuckles, because of a pothole, ...

I could go on...

 

When those who are hypersensitive (a small number of persons that suffer from microwaves ).
As they become aware of the issue and they may reach out for help. In describing symptoms It may be a symbolic or analogous representation. The viral pandemic only makes this more frustrating. After enough cases have been identified there can be at least exist some help for coping with an odd condition. By looking at such case, having some compassion might help. Moving to a desolate place has been a solution for some sad to say.
Science and safety is having trouble keeping up with the rate of technological change.

 

Any gas discharge will also emit Xray's,

Maybe, but at what level? Lacking any kind of supporting information or context, I think this kind of statement does more harm than good.

Please post more information about this, a link to a credible article, etc.

It is possible that there may be unwanted effects in this short distance and long exposures.

It also is possible, and probably more likely, that an asteroid will come flying through the window and blow his head off.

Note to the TS: Don't worry about that, either.

ak

 

It also is possible, and probably more likely, that an asteroid will come flying through the window and blow his head off.

Note: Add "asteroid bowing head off" to my Post 43.

 

Thanks a lot. Assuming that this is nothing to be worried about at like 2 meter distance and not direct exposure even for long periods of time every day?

Not unless you are in china, then you must drink tea!

 

Thank you guys. I've been trying to find information about wether or not neon signs can emit xray but I haven't found anything about it so far

 

Thank you guys. I've been trying to find information about wether or not neon signs can emit xray but I haven't found anything about it so far

If they did, I'm sure stories would be widely known on internet health forums. Imagine the stores of how x-rays from Budweiser signs created ghostly images on film cameras that were brought into a sports bar before the days of digital cameras.

 

The voltage is not high enough for even soft x-rays to be developed, and it is not as if the electrons are zipping under high acceleration in a vacuum towards a hard metal target, they are being conducted (slowly) in a hot conductive gas. No danger except that of electrical shock if you touch it. And you won't.

 

No danger except that of electrical shock if you touch it. And you won't.

Not more than once.

ak

 

 

Thank you guys. I've been trying to find information about wether or not neon signs can emit xray but I haven't found anything about it so far

You ask about the Box,
This being metal, it will act as a Faraday shield,
It will also have been "approved" , to not cause harm,

Neon lights,
Use high voltage,
The light produced is at specific frequencies ( colours ) ,
this could be Ultra Violate,
but its energy s low, much less than cloudy days,
and again the sign has been "approved" to be safe , even close up ,

The high voltages used, strike metal to make a spark for the plasma, ( very simplified )
high voltages striking metal "can" make X-rays
but for a neon sign, these are low energy, and shielded by the electrode construction,
( old style Fluorescent tubes can give out the same sort of "rays " )

If your a few meters away, inside a building, your very safe

I can say
what can be "dangerous" is the state of mind your be in after sleep has been denied due to the DAMMED buzz that these things can cause
The sign made a big buzz all night that forced us to leave the hotel early !!

 

Any gas discharge will also emit Xray's,

Two people asked you to expand on this, and got nithing. The TS went shopping, and got this:

Neon signs do not produce X-rays. Although they operate at high voltages, the gas within the tubes prevent electrons from gaining enough energy to produce X-rays.

the nobel gas in neon lights makes the mean free path of the electrons too short to gain the energy for the electrons to produce x-rays.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620304/do-neon-signs-emit-x-rays

Note the significant difference between the question he asked here and the question he asked there.

ak

 

Two people asked you to expand on this, and got nithing. The TS went shopping, and got this:

Neon signs do not produce X-rays. Although they operate at high voltages, the gas within the tubes prevent electrons from gaining enough energy to produce X-rays.

the nobel gas in neon lights makes the mean free path of the electrons too short to gain the energy for the electrons to produce x-rays.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620304/do-neon-signs-emit-x-rays

Note the significant difference between the question he asked here and the question he asked there.

ak

"if one wants to split hairs, all emission of electromagnetic waves is probabilistic"

https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/...it-emit-harmful-radiation.186879/post-1732966

Basically the same thing I said here days ago. You can't say absolutely no (no is a perfectly acceptable answer for this forum) but the probability is very low.

 

This is one of the most thoroughly covered topics ever!

 

Thanks for sharing that. Had a neon sign shop real close to where I grew up. Watching the guys in there work was amazing. I also got my first neon sign transformers there which were for Tesla Coil experiments. They would sell me used transformers, 15 KV 30 mA for a buck. This was a time when me in the place was not a liability. Never going to happen today. It's really a skill which takes years to develop. Again, thanks for sharing.

Ron

 

This is one of the most thoroughly covered topics ever!

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/do-neon-signs-emit-x-rays.1015346/
Over quickly elsewhere.

 

The TS has shopped this question around to at least two other forums. In each one he consistently interprets the responses toward the most negative possible consequences, and ignores the ones that are flat-out "no". He is searching for support of his preconceived illusion of danger.

An anxiety disorder is a very real thing, much more real that the "danger" of a neon sign. This smells like one.

ak

Note: Thanks to post #3, the only thing he talks about on the other threads is x-rays. Once again, gamma rays are snubbed by the cabal . . .

 

Thanks everybody for your help. AnalogKid is def right when he talks about me having anxiety issues. I'm sorry if I was annoying to you all and I really appreciate your help as I said.

Take care guys