Humm, that is interesting and for sure I am going to measure that. If I put the tubes in a permanent dark room, they should then strike quicker during the day and slower during the night.
At the same time, I can see if lighting the backlight LEDs will bring any change in that. It could be that many 3eV particles will have a similar result as a few 60eV particles, it's all in quantum mechanics I suppose. On Jan 31, 9:03 am, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > I guess in a dark room you usually have some kind of matter between the > sky and your tube thus diminishing the rate of ionizing radiation. > > But yes, some parts of this ionizing radiation are caused by protons and > alpha particles that arrive here from the sun at decently high energies. > They cause particle showers in our atmosphere and those particles then > pre-ionize our beloved Nixie tubes. Naturally, when earth is blocking > the way, those primary solar particles cannot reach us, and all we are > left with is the rest of cosmic rays that will most probably not do the > job at all times. > > Jens -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
