Halogens aren't useful in nixies, because of the working temperature is much to low. It is not for nothing halogen incandescent bulbs use small bulbs of quartz glass to obtain a high temperature of the bulb! eric
_____ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Sent: woensdag 2 oktober 2013 10:22 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: Thoughts on nixie lifespan and halogens... On Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:53:11 UTC+1, Joseph Bento wrote: My bedside nixie clock was built with six IN-14's. It currently has 44,562 hours of operation, and the nixies show no sign of dimming. That time is low long the nixies have been lit. I have the clock set to blank the display from midnight to 6am daily. Old nixies are not really relevant - obviously existing nixies (mostly) have Hg doping, but for new nixies being made now, its a potential issue - there is no exemption under the 2006 RoHS directive for nixies! Hg is one of the compounds explicitly tested for... ... Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/44f7fc31-d0b2-4a09-b369-783aaa8 fa183%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/!%26!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAPDddShx705MuX20yCpp0vvCgAAAEAAAAK6ZCanlpR9LjRNcD0L3GVoBAAAAAA%3D%3D%40zeelandnet.nl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
