I am equally hooked. It wont help you much but I had success with removing a short using the banging method - I would not have thought it possible but it worked. I could actually see the change in position of the cathode in question - a little geometry workout in advance ensured I was applying potentially destructive forces in the right direction. Although late to the party I now have all that I need and I find I can quite easily avoid bidding ebay sales for them although I still look out - just in case!
On Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:27:54 UTC+1, gregebert wrote: > > The one-and-only "antenna" version of the b7971 I had in my 8-tube clock > failed as shorted segments after 2 years of usage. Not sure if others have > seen reliability issues with a particular tube style, but that's my > experience. I only use direct-drive, and the clock is well-protected from > getting bumped-around so it's a real mystery to me how the cathode segment > slipped up-against it's neighbor. > > I dont have the balls to put my tube at the end of a stick and whack it; > Michail Wilson published a photo and has had success. Photo makes me laugh > and cry at the same time.... > > I got hooked on 7971's a few years ago, mainly because they are so > frigging HUGE. They lack the artistic beauty of a traditional nixie., but > are too versatile to be shunned. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3135f9dd-ef75-4564-a2f5-2e6d21d2ad08%40googlegroups.com.
