Hello! If the tubes are working fine I would just use them. This is a way to salvage finicky tubes that you would be not using. I would bet that these tubes were the result of poor production quality control since there are so many that never develop problems. The thing to remember too is that all current run through a tube uses up some of its ultimate life. Thus whether regenerating tubes or using them in a clok or other project apply only what current is necessary so you preserve as much life as possible. I have found that it is not practical to rebuild nixie tubes. The ones I have rebuilt develop problems after a few dozen hours of use, and I have not found exactly why.
ron > > > On Dec 10, 2:56 am, glasslinger <rons...@att.net> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Try lighting them up using AC for an hour or two. A small sign > transformer > > with a variac works fine. This will fire the segments that don't light > up > > using DC, and will bake off the mercury products that cause the > poisoning. > > Do not run so much current through the segment that it turns red hot > > though. A few milliamps is enough. > > > > ron > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/50CDdSH1zSwJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
