Indeed, I like these nixies. If you make a board, I'll get some more 28's 
and build it. This is a FANTASTIC find!  Congratulations! 


On Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 12:15:55 PM UTC-4, Tyler Bourne wrote:
>
> The clock has arrived!  It's Huge!  
> It seems like the clock was in the process of being stripped for parts 
> when it was saved.  The tens of hours board was covered in nasty flux, 
> probably the plumbing kind.  I've cleaned it up and put it back in.
> I've created a schematic for the display board and will start working on a 
> replacement.  While the display boards are all the same the control boards 
> attached to the back of them are all different depending on which digits 
> are needed.  I can tell this is a 12 hour clock since the tens of hours 
> digit can't form a 2, interestingly most for the tubes on that board have 
> never been used.
> Since the display boards and the controller boards are separate I can 
> replicate the display board the way it is.  I will create a replacement 
> control board for my clock and will also create a more modern control board 
> for use with the spare display boards I will have. 
>
> The IN-28 is an odd nixie, it runs at a higher voltage and has a control 
> grid.  All the groups of control grids are connected to the HV supply 
> through a 3.9M resistor and to the chips through a 1M resistor.  I'll have 
> to figure out what all these chips are and find a modern equivalent.
> If any Russian speaking members of the group can help identifying the 
> chips I would be super grateful.
>
>

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