Re: [neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

2021-01-15 Thread Nick Andrews
I've been thinking of doing exactly that, with an INS-1, since I bought a hundred of them, except I want the lamp on when the power is on so I'll hook it up to that side. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 6:52 PM alb.001 alb.001 wrote: > I make my own lighted switches... > > I connect NE-2 lamps with a

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: M5Stack - Amazing cheap unit

2021-01-15 Thread Michail Wilson
All good. I’ve not been immune to that myself. (More than once.) Uhhhg. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Nisei Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 7:42 PM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] Re: M5Stack - Amazing cheap unit Yeah

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: M5Stack - Amazing cheap unit

2021-01-15 Thread Nisei
Yeah sorry Michael, The reason I deleted my post on the group immediately after I discovered that. But unfortunately everyone’s already received my reply so the damage was already done  From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Michail Wilson Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 4:35 AM

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: M5Stack - Amazing cheap unit

2021-01-15 Thread Michail Wilson
Hello Yohan, You’re welcome; however, I let everyone know long BEFORE the price over doubled. In fact, you even included my original email from a month ago where I first brought it up on December 16th after I had already purchased over 40 units, and it didn’t double until January 14th. So,

[neonixie-l] Re: M5Stack - Amazing cheap unit

2021-01-15 Thread Yohan Park
Thanks for letting us know AFTER the price has doubled... ;) On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:10:48 PM UTC+1 M1 wrote: > Not sure if anyone bought them (Core2 units). I bought and paid for and > received 126 units over a span of 10 orders. > > Amazon/Seller finally figured it out and the

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Dekatron42
@Pramanicin: I tried Firefox (my first choice), Chrome and lastly Edge as a last resort - the only thing I got to see was the name of the phot included in all three browsers, I closed the browsers and restarted them but nothing showed. Nice that some of you saw the photos, I'll add some more

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Yohan Park
I usually start with lukewarm water and dish wash. I don't see the need for distilled water here. Why? Regular water won't harm any plastics, bakelite or circuits... If soapy, lukewarm water still leaves unwanted coloring (tar from cigarettes is very common) I use IPA. If that fails too I, very

[neonixie-l] Re: INS-1 neons

2021-01-15 Thread Yohan Park
You can still get INS-1 for that price. Never had problems with IN-3 though. May I ask how you drive them? On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 3:19:21 PM UTC+1 Robert G. Schaffrath wrote: > I was able to buy a box of 100 for $15.99 back in 2019. I noticed that the > glass color tended to vary from

Re: [neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

2021-01-15 Thread alb.001 alb.001
that should say 4x 5 K-ohm resistors sorry  Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: "alb.001 alb.001" Date: January 15, 2021 at 7:52 PM I make my own lighted switches... I connect NE-2 lamps with a 20 K-ohm resistor at both ends of about 8 inches

[neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

2021-01-15 Thread alb.001 alb.001
I make my own lighted switches... I connect NE-2 lamps with a 20 K-ohm resistor at both ends of about 8 inches wire, drill a small hole in the switch face plate and push the end of the lamp thru just a little  and hot melt glue it in place. If the face plate is white, you can just glue the

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Toby Thain
On 2021-01-15 7:07 p.m., Charles MacDonald wrote: > On 2021-01-15 6:58 p.m., Adrian Pardini wrote: >> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 >> wrote: >>> >>> Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so >>> unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Nicholas Stock
@Dekatron42 Which browser are you using? Alas (in my recent experience) a lot of Google's services aren't playing well with Safari or Firefox but appear to work (obviously) well with Chrome. Your photo issue may be browser specific? I can't see any other settings in the group that would change

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2021-01-15 6:58 p.m., Adrian Pardini wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 wrote: Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from Google Groups as it is working so poorly since their new design?).

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Adrian Pardini
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 wrote: > > Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so > unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from Google Groups > as it is working so poorly since their new design?). Photos arrived fine here, I really like

[neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Dekatron42
I just acquired a Xerox 3600 Photocopier counter, the semiconductor version of the older Trochotron based 2400 unit - it has similiar/identical function when counting copies made. Now, this unit looks like it has been sitting in a car shop or an old attic/barn for many years. I did clean out a

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon and Mercury

2021-01-15 Thread Nick Andrews
Sweet! I've been thinking of looking for a lighted switch in the 'on' position for the attic lights we installed to maybe remind us to turn them off. Been up there a bit lately, running cable. More cameras, power, commo. New NVR has 10 cameras, I think have added about a dozen new duplex

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: INS-1 neons

2021-01-15 Thread Nicholas Stock
Michael, thanks for that. I will try that in the future as a pre-selection. Nick On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 6:19 AM Robert G. Schaffrath < robert.schaffr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was able to buy a box of 100 for $15.99 back in 2019. I noticed that the > glass color tended to vary from almost clear

[neonixie-l] Re: Neon and Mercury

2021-01-15 Thread gregebert
And these were also non-illuminated as well. In the early 1960's, my father swapped-out a few non-illuminated switches with the neon bulb version. Several years later, when was about 11 years old, I found that stash of retired switches, took one apart, and was intrigued by the 'pellet' that

[neonixie-l] Neon and Mercury

2021-01-15 Thread martin martin
Greetings all, These are no longer available in the US as of 40+ years ago. I found one in a box and had to put it back in to service! They were sold as "silent switches". Small tube of mercury to make the contact and the toggle switch has a large NE-2 for a nice looking night light. -- You

[neonixie-l] Re: INS-1 neons

2021-01-15 Thread Robert G. Schaffrath
I was able to buy a box of 100 for $15.99 back in 2019. I noticed that the glass color tended to vary from almost clear to dark. in the lot I tested a few for a period of time and found, oddly enough, the dark colored glass ones seemed to fare better. I only tested about 10 bulbs in total but