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NE-1 is the one you lost, so NE-2 is the one that you are currently working with... So when you get a new lamp...yep, NE-3 
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NE-1 ? NE-2 was/is a neon lamp about 1/2 inch long, 1/4 inch diameter. Baseless with wire leads. Works on 70-80 VDC and up. Works on 65rms (?) VAC, 110VAC line voltage. Use 100,00K 1/2 watt resistor in series to prevent excess current blowing it up!
When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.
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iF YOU REMOVE THE SLIDE-BASE PARTS WITHOUT BREAKING THE BULB. YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HOLDING AN NE-2. (Sorry about the caps lock  ) Be careful not to cut yourself!
When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.
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Use the ringing supply or even the wall outlet to test the lamp. (Be careful of shocks). It will work without the cap.
Before the divestiture/registration era, WE beehives did not have a cap. Only when they were required to comply with Part 68 did they start to be issued with a cap so that they would present a "standard termination" to a test desk or MLT system. ISTR that they had a 0.5B REN.
When the originals were in use, and the line was being tested with a 72- or 96-volt test desk circuit, the lamp would start to glow dimly once it ionized, and give a false reading (short circuit). After they were equipped with caps, that symptom was not an issue anymore.
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Well I am waiting on my new lamps from Suttle, so testing will be held off until then 
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On the issue of testing the lamps from the testboard. If you used the 24ma key you didn't fire the lamp. we used them here for poolside ringing indicators
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Got the lamps just now, put one in and voila, it works! It's a bit dim but now I'm happy 
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Ya know ya could just answer it when it rings.
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It's just for fun Tom...lol
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