On 7/5/11 7:09 PM, figureloop wrote:
Hi: I'm curious what is the opinion of how many large Nixies, if they could be produced new, could be absorbed by the market for the long- term? I'm guessing 3000-5000 tubes per year might be feasible for this highly niche market. I'm considering only large 50mm digit tubes, such as a clone of the Z568M being produced new and sold for $30-40 per tube.
The total supply of the B7971 tubes was on the order of 10,000 tubes. That would be 2 or 3 years at your proposed production rate.
I think a rate more like 1000 per year is more realistic, and may be high. Note that at $35 per tube, this is the amount of money a single person makes at a medium-level job in the USA.
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