> Well I think I figured out how to do my colon tubes >
With the PV kit I have two small round PCB boards with a RGB LED soldered in the middle of it. It has 8 pins that 4 are used by the RGB LED. I got some 1/16" brass tubing and with a #60 drill I was able to open up the hole to fit one of the pins perfectly. Now with some clear heat shrink I can solder two short tubes on front pins and two longer ones one the back pins. Since the spacing is wide enough between the two tubes. I can insert the neon bulb and twist the wire leads so the bulb is 90 degrees to the tubes. Then I can push the bulbs back so they will fit inside the glass covers that Dalibor is making. This is a modification that Michael does with his designs but it will fit the PCB board's that PV electronics supplies with their kit. The bulb will also fit at a 90 degree angle to the glass covers Dalibor is making. Not as nice as the colon tubes Dalibor will be making but a good compromise. His are 3 pin and mine are 8 so not a quick swap. This way if a bulb fails I can unplug the colon tube from the main PCB board. Then I can lift the base and glass cover from the PCB board that is plugged in the main PCB board as it is just a snug fit.. Then just unsolder the bulb from the top of the two brass tubes clip the leads on the new one and solder it on the two brass tubes. slip the glass cover and base back on the PCB board with the brass tubes and bulbs and plug it back in the 8 pin socket on the main PCB board. I hope that makes sense. It is the marriage of three designs to make it work for this particular application. One reason for the PV kit is I can replace any part on the board if it fails. And the satisfaction of building the kit myself. Any thoughts? -- 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/02aafa82-bee0-4538-acdd-b8bd7caed1ba%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
