Alright I’m glad to hear I should be at least able to get a couple thousand
hours out of them, thanks everyone for the replies I’m glad to hear there
is a lot of respect for these nixies.
Sincerely Jasper
On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 12:31 PM, liam bartosiewicz <
liambartosiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
Don't waste MOTs! They are getting hard to find and are quite useful.
You can use them for hv power supplies, spot welders, etc.
On Sat, Apr 6, 2024, 11:08 AM gregebert wrote:
> Ever since I got a clearly marked 5031 nixie, I assumed the others with
> the same shape with no visible marking
I wouldn't use the HB-106 in a clock - no mercury so it will darken pretty
rapidly, like in maybe 6 months.
The other similarly shaped ones (e.g. 6844A) are junk in my opinion. Never
got one to reliably light up. Greg, I *did* put one in a microwave for
about a second - it definitely glowed
Ever since I got a clearly marked 5031 nixie, I assumed the others with the
same shape with no visible marking were also 5031's but there apparently
are other numbers such as 6844 and HB-106.
I too have several dead ones, and I often wondered if they had been
circulating in Ebay-land as
Fairly certain that all HB-106’s are standard life. You could probably get
somewhere around 10,000 hours with a “new” one.
> On Apr 5, 2024, at 7:55 PM, David wrote:
>
> The truly long-life tubes had mercury added. If you see a hazy purple glow
> when the tube is lit, it's long life. Solid
The truly long-life tubes had mercury added. If you see a hazy purple glow when
the tube is lit, it's long life. Solid orange is not so long life.
David Forbes, Tucson AZ
> On Apr 5, 2024, at 6:45 PM, Jasper nagle wrote:
>
> i picked 9 of these up for $90 $10 a pcs for A clock project, and
Sorry you were Burrows,thi s was National.FromPeter Hall insidiousnixies輦Utube On 6 Apr 2024 10:37 am, Peter Hall wrote:The Tube that started "Nixie"Yes???.Please delete if ive done,wrong , copy and pasteing,ectHB-106The HB-106 is many firsts:It is the first modern Nixie tube.Unlike
The Tube that started "Nixie"Yes???.Please delete if ive done,wrong , copy and pasteing,ectHB-106The HB-106 is many firsts:It is the first modern Nixie tube.Unlike previous tubes from National Union, this tube has an anode grid that makes driving the tubes much easier and more reliable.It is
i picked 9 of these up for $90 $10 a pcs for A clock project, and iv'e
tried searching all the data sheets about them the most i can find is one
stating long life, but long life in 1955 i would assume wouldn't compare
well to like a 1960 one ?
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