Speaking of B7971 tubes... http://www.ebay.com/itm/good-burroughs-b-7971-nixie-tubes-qty-available-/232480774966
I have a hunch I know where these came from and how much was paid for them too.....but that's irrelevant. 30 tubes for sale though! Not my auction etc etc... Cheers, Nick On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Jeff Walton <jwalton...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, that's really odd - and really bad luck. My original B7971 tubes > survived 40 years in moving boxes from home to home with no real special > protection and have worked well after being put into a clock about 3 years > ago. I can't understand what would cause the glass to do this in a regular > environment. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Clarke Payne > Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 11:23 AM > To: neonixie-l > Subject: [neonixie-l] 7971 nixie tube problem > > I have run across some 7971s I have had stored for 30 yrs. 3 of the 12 > glass envelopes fractured when I picked them up. One just > disengrated.others seemed good cleaned up ok havent tested yet but appear > to be in sound shape. Anyone run into this problem. Any special precautions > before I test them? > > -- > 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/1d2134a5-ad2d-4b6a-a6d1-90ccf30da6f9%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/59b1c419.88e1240a.2d98.0a0c%40mx.google.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/CAOX%2BRHLh5S-L%2BLwgDKfw0Z6bqxdEZSj2J6Fx6S4hYAGEnukXBA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
