Magetsi ambiri a neon amagwiritsa ntchito ozizira cathode glow discharge (CCD). Chifukwa nyali yonseyo imapanga pafupifupi kutentha kulikonse panthawi yogwira ntchito, mphamvu yosinthira mphamvu yamagetsi kukhala mphamvu yowunikira imakhala yaikulu. Kutalika kwa moyo wake ndi wautali kwambiri kuposa nyali wamba wa fulorosenti. Ngati khalidwe likutsimikiziridwa mu zipangizo, kupanga, ndi kukhazikitsa, moyo wa machubu a neon ukhoza kufika maola 20,000-30,000. Miyezo yakomweko m'dziko langa imafuna moyo wocheperako wa maola 10000. Ubwino winanso wofunikira wa nyali za CCD ndikuti kuchuluka kwa makina osinthira sikumakhudza moyo wawo wonse, zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala oyenera kwambiri pazowunikira zotsatsa zomwe zimafunikira kusintha pafupipafupi.
Zimadalira ma ion abwino omwe amawombera cathode, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti cathode itulutse ma elekitironi achiwiri kuti apitirize kutulutsa. Choncho, wina cathode kuthekera dontho chofunika kupereka mphamvu kwa imathandizira ayoni zabwino; Kutsika kwa cathode kuli pafupifupi 100V-200V.
Ngati kuli kotheka, machubu a nyali a neon ayenera kukhala aatali momwe angathere komanso okhala ndi mainchesi ang'onoang'ono amkati kuti achulukitse kuchuluka kwa kutsika kwa voliyumu yabwino pakutsika kwamagetsi a chubu, potero kumapangitsa kuti pakhale mphamvu yowala.
Pofuna kuwonetsetsa kuti machubu a neon amayatsidwa bwino komanso kuti azigwira ntchito mokhazikika pamagetsi otsika, -thiransifoma yamagetsi yamphamvu kwambiri (makamaka yotayikira-mtundu wa thiransifoma, koma chifukwa chakuchulukira kwake komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri, isinthidwa pang'onopang'ono ndi yamagetsi) iyenera kuyikidwa ndi kufananizidwa bwino kuti zisungidwe pamitengo ya polojekiti.
Magetsi a neon amagwira ntchito pa alternating current (AC), motero ma elekitirodi awiri amasinthasintha ngati cathode ndi anode. Kugawidwa kwa malo awo otulutsa kuwala kumasinthasinthanso motsatira ndondomeko. Chifukwa cha kulimbikira kwa masomphenya, kuwalako kumawoneka ngati kuphimba chubu lonse, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale kuwala kowoneka bwino kwambiri kusiyana ndi panopa (DC). Chifukwa chake, zida ndi njira zopangira ma electrode onse awiri ziyenera kukhala zogwirizana momwe zingathere.
Chifukwa magetsi a neon ndi magwero amagetsi a vacuum, ukhondo wa vacuum uyenera kusamalidwa panthawi yonse yopangira. Kutsatira mosamalitsa zofunikira zaukadaulo wamagetsi-pakusankha zinthu ndi kupanga ndizofunikira kuti mutsimikizire mtundu wake.
