I really don't know. I am a bit disappointed it didn't work out. I did enjoy building the tester kit so no loss there.
I am in the hole about $400 for the case of tubes so that's a bit of a hit, but not nearly as bad as it could have been. On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:56:12 AM UTC-7, Terry S wrote: > > The real question is how did he accumulate a whole case of bad IN-18's? > They are notoriously reliable tubes in my experience. > > On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:52:15 AM UTC-5, Jeff Aylesworth wrote: >> >> FOUND a plasma globe!!! >> >> Unfortunately only 3 tubes in the whole case showed any activity like >> this video we took: >> https://youtu.be/wrd98JrAmB4 >> >> The other tubes didn't do anything at all. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:41:58 AM UTC-7, Jeff Aylesworth wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Thanks for adding me to the group. >>> >>> I picked up a case of IN18 tubes at a garage sale in my area. I >>> assembled the Nixie Tester Kit as sold by Marcin Saj to test them, but can >>> only get one of 26 to work. His support in trying to see if my tubes were >>> good has been nothing short of amazing. >>> >>> The tubes all appear to be new and unused and are pristine on the inside >>> and in the original carton. Which I why I struggle with the fact that none >>> of them seem work (save for 1). >>> >>> I am looking for someone in the Seattle area that has an IN18 clock or >>> device and more electrical experience than to see if the tubes are any good. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Jeff >>> >> -- 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/fcbd09c5-a89d-4743-89a5-dab6e1e0681d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.