Done that. No shortage of high voltage here. No glow ... no gas ...no joy. The tube is stashed in a safe area.
On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 1:18:04 AM UTC-7, Dalibor wrote: > > Hi, try touching CRT monitor or plasma globe with the dud tube. If there > is neon, it will glow orange inside. Usually the bad tubes are leaky and > don't glow or the glow is a bit purple - sign of a bit of air sucked > inside. If this is the cause, the leaky place would have to be sealed and > the tube opened and refilled. All nixies I've seen were made from soft > glass - very likely to crack during sealing of the refill tubing. -- 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/3893ef53-6289-4222-9e2d-109c16181af8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.