That's no fun! I would say that it's a tube issue. I've seen it on a few occasions with buying used nixies off of ebay. I don't know any way to fix it - short of replacing with a different tube. Maybe run for a day or two and see if they improve. If these came from Pete, send him a photo in an email. He is reputable. I've gotten kits with tubes from him a couple times with no issues. Jeff
-------- Original message -------- From: BooBooBeGone <fastr...@gmail.com> Date: 11/24/16 12:34 AM (GMT-06:00) To: neonixie-l <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] First Build. Some help to decide Hello all, I bought a PV electronics Spectrum kit with Z566m tubes. I have "bombarded" Pete with stupid questons through this build, so I guess he is geting fed up of me,(I would be anyway) so I'll ask some questions here Did the first tube test, and in 3 tubes some of the lead in wires glow. Tube 1 all wires glows Tube 2 wire 1,2,3,4,5 and 9 glows Tube 3 wire 9 glow. It does not matter if i put these tubes in another socket, the wires still glows. voltage is 170 volt Is this normal? Is it possible to do anything about this? Will this have any influence on tube life length? -- 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/e9322876-77a9-420f-84ed-2bb1e4ef3b6b%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/otqfqvro1gx1ktl69dbndgh8.1479972524611%40email.android.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.