I was going to buy a kit for sure, I don't have the tools or room(1 room efficiency apt) to build one from scratch.
I spoke to this one guy and he said that he had more failures with the IN-18 than the Z566, so that is why I asked question #3. Also, this other person told me that IN-18 have date stamps on the back of the tubes. Is this true? Seems like a good way to verify the date if I bought a IN-18. Thanks, -Darin On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 12:39:19 PM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: > > Ooh...that'll open up some discussion. > > Here's my 2 cents having built clocks with both of them. > > The IN-18's are larger but not by too much and have more elongated > numerals. They are also a little cheaper than the Z5660M as far as I can > see at the moment, but still around 35 to 40 dollars a tube! The Z566/5660M > are a little rarer and some would argue that the digit shape is more > aesthetically pleasing. With regards to failure, I've had more issues with > Z566's than IN-18's but I don't think there's any significant difference > between the two. I think the datasheet for IN-18's says 5 or 10,000 hrs > lifetime, but I've ran tubes for a lot longer than that without any sign of > degradation (make sure the clock you use has some form of cathode poisoning > prevention, digit cycling etc). > > Were you buying a kit to put these in or building a clock from scratch? > > Nick > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Dman777 <darin....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> I am trying to decide between Z5660M and IN-18 tubes. I am new to all >> this and I was wondering if I could get some opinions, please: >> >> 1) I see by the measurements the size difference isn't very significant. >> Which are considered more attractive? And why? >> 2) Which are considered more rare/hard to find? >> 3) Are the Z5660M less prone to failure? >> >> -- >> 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+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to neoni...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/26286a69-f422-4f4e-a91c-a7d1de6b254e%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/26286a69-f422-4f4e-a91c-a7d1de6b254e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/c28a9622-53cf-4623-a91a-b56e28564d03%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
