For nixie testing I pulled the flash module out of a disposable 35mm film camera. - it puts out about 300 volts at low current. Electronic Goldmine also sells them. One AA battery, switch and some red/black wire, a limiting resistor in-line with the positive and a plastic case from the dollar store food containers is all you need. Less than $5 for all. I tested a bunch of ZM1000 with this very quickly. Battery life is great. Easy build and inexpensive. Usual HV protection - don't touch any conductors once the battery is inserted and switched on. I keep it in the car in case I find some surplus nixies in my travels. Good luck Phil B Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 15:12:03 -0800 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Useful tool on eBay...
Works on nixies, fluorescent bulbs, neon signs. On Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 2:31:12 PM UTC-6, charles wrote:On 15-11-08 01:23 PM, Paolo Cravero wrote: > Two months have passed and I haven't yet gotten my hands on a laptop CFL > driver. Still, I would like to have a battery operated "wireless" Nixie > tester for flea markets like the Masonlite device. During my electronics > shopping wanderings these circuits came out: I recently got a unit simalar to this... http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Portable-Handheld-Neon-Tube-Lamp-Fluorescent-LED-Tester-/281225125040?hash=item417a52dcb0:g:UP0AAOSwNSxVZqLf Have not gotten beyond lighting up some NE-51 lamps that were still in their package and giving myself a accidental Burn on my Finger.... Any in site on what else it is safe to try on would be appreciated! -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- 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/fcede2bb-5e86-4d03-a454-23bb1cb8dae9%40googlegroups.com. 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/SNT153-W86AB7D8874C55643DB205AC1150%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
