They look very neat, it's too bad that they seem to be so unreliable.
I've never used them, myself. I wonder how difficult it would be to
fabricate a small semi-transparent (plastic) half-cylinder to insert
normal neons into, and achieve a similar effect?
I also kind of like this enterprising individual's idea of putting the
neons in a test tube:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Colon-Tube-tubes-separators-Nixie-Clock-CT-IN-18-/330527972009?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf5009aa9
-Adam
On 3/1/2011 1:11 PM, Quixotic Nixotic wrote:
On 1 Mar 2011, at 19:11, Adam Jacobs wrote:
How many people have actually experienced (first-hand) the IN-3
flicker, while the IN-3's were connected in correct polarity?
-Adam
I aged about 100 of these neons last year, with a view batching them
to making a ring counter clock. There was a small proportion that
flickered right out of the box. Maybe three or four from the 100. A
few more would jitter occasionally. Another couple were plain dead on
arrival, from a sealed box.
I noticed quite a degree of blackening of the glass after a very short
time, when compared to unlit ones ( I bought two boxes of 100). I am
sure I was not over-driving them.
I still haven't made the ring counter clock. Oh well... so many ideas,
so many unfinished projects.
John S
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