Today I did one new testing toy for my lab, this is no other than single Neon mains indicator as
Plug and Play ![Grin ;D](https://www.ittsb.eu/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
So far I had this neon with bare wires for quick tests, at regular 3A current range (multimeter) it measures as 1mA.
But when you do use lowest mA current input of a quality multimeter, you do see much more detail.
When Neon is plugged in, this is cold, at 3000 uA range the current is at 1240 uA.
Eventually Neon bulb warmup and stabilizes at approximately 1100 uA.
My switching the DMM to mA ( I have two ranges 30mA and 300mA), at 30mA you get the identically detailed measurement as it was at 3000 uA.
Now the value appears as 1.108 mA.
VA = 235V x 0.001108 = 0,2638 Watt and or 1/4 Watt + 1mW
Today you do know much more than yesterday.