I would try replacing C6 again with a known good part and leave the clock out of it's case without the heat sink and see how it does. This is the exact syndrome that mine exhibited twice on the one clock until I opened up the case and dropped the voltage and replaced C6. Then add a heat sink ,if you must, a la Nick's (Pramanicin) picture above and raise the voltage up a little.
Seriously doubt you have bad driver chips. Those things are pretty bullet proof On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 1:37:48 PM UTC-7, Kiran Otter wrote: > > Yes, it is. I took that video after removing it. I've also noticed the > same effect in the minute digit. It also follows the seconds. > > I realize it's pretty faint, but this is the best it's been with the two > driver chips I have in there now. With another pair, the left most tube > constantly displayed a digit based on the 10s of seconds. This is why I > think the drivers are a bit wonky. > > So far both M1 and U1 are around 105-108F. I'll have to check it later > when it's after 10pm and all 6 digits are in use. > > Kiran > -- 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/d7f11b3a-5337-476a-a5ed-c957290ac833%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
