Dont Sweare! Should you demoslih an old fubctional Ford-T to make a golf cart? eric
_____ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Luke Sent: zaterdag 21 februari 2015 22:23 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: [neonixie-l] The Dilemma I recently acquired an old nixie voltmeter with the view to giving it a new lease of life by transforming it into a nixie clock. This would, not only, ensure practical daily usage, but would also be admired for its aesthetical vintage beauty. It's a French made Rochar from 1964. However, After plugging it into the mains for the first time, I was surprised how well it worked. All the nixie tubes lit up with no cathode poisoning. The voltage scale selector and auto scaling worked as if brand new. The decimal point neon jumps across nicely to the next when I increase the voltage on my homemade regulator. The Dilemma is clear. Do I continue my original plan and carry on with the conversion or do I keep it as it is ? In which case, it will gather dust, probably only be powered up once or twice a year and then end up in the garage with my other vintage stuff. But If I do convert it, will I regret that decision in ten or twenty years time when these beautiful old lab instruments have become even more scarce. I have thought about trying to retain its integrity and keep it as a voltmeter with all its original components but incorporating a clock circuit and a switch which can toggle between the two. I have, in the passed converted a TTL based frequency counter into a clock by rewiring the decade counters but that would not be possible in this case. Any advice will be appreciated. -- 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 email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/be18f1b0-3b1c-40a9-9007-8a9ad62 233c4%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/be18f1b0-3b1c-40a9-9007-8a9ad6 2233c4%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/!%26!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAPDddShx705MuX20yCpp0vvCgAAAEAAAAEerqDNQZARHtqZmzFYu2k0BAAAAAA%3D%3D%40zeelandnet.nl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
