For all wired tubes i would mount them on something like the tube cells from the PV Electronics QTC clocks which would then allow you to Quickly Change the Tube! As previously mentioned, the wires on these tubes can be very soft and liable to breaking off at the tube base - nobody wants that. I tend to design 'tube cell' PCBs that match the position of all the wires perfectly - least strain on the tubes. I have seen others mount tubes on to DIL headers and plug them in to DIL sockets. The ZM1000 fit a 0.1" pitch so something like turned pin IC sockets can be used to make a socket. I have made ZM1000 tube cells for QTC Clocks. - Richard
On Wednesday, 3 March 2021 at 08:20:14 UTC Jon wrote: > Not sure the IN14 spacers on their own help the OP's question. > > As I understand it, ZM1000 do have pins and were (unusually) designed to > be either soldered in or socketed. You can still find the original sockets > for sale - a quick Google throws up this listing as the first hit: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/ZM1000-Nixie-Tube-Socket-/302926727122 (usual > disclaimers apply). > > IN14 and IN16 have wire terminals designed to be soldered and I am not > aware of any original sockets for these. The wires are quite soft and > flexible. I'd imagine they wouldn't have the mechanical rigidity to work > well as pins even if cut short - very likely to bend. If you are absolutely > set on socketing these tubes, then one way might be to 3D print a custom > spacer to arrange the wires into a DIL array (ie two parallel rows of > connections each 0.1" apart, the rows spaced 0.3" apart), cut the ends of > the wires so you have 5mm or so protruding from the spacer, and then insert > the assembly into a 14 or 16 pin ZIF socket (available from Mouser, Farnell > etc, but also on eBay much cheaper). > > I've not tried it - suspect it'd just be a lot simpler and possibly > cheaper to buy two sets of tubes - one to solder in and one to keep as a > reserve! They don't fail very often in a properly designed circuit. > > Jon. > > On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 7:18:30 AM UTC nonprof...@gmail.com wrote: > >> IN14 have some original plastic spacer that you can buy easily. >> >> śr., 3 mar 2021 o 07:51 MrThe50sanchez <the50s...@gmail.com> napisał(a): >> >>> >>> Hello everyone ! >>> >>> what kind of Nixie tube sockets do you recommend? >>> >>> I'm using IN-16 / IN-14 and ZM1000 nixie tubes for my clocks, and I'm >>> wondering if you can recommend me any kind of sockets to avoid soldering >>> the nixie tubes to the PCB, I would love to have a quick release for the >>> tube's in case of mal function. >>> >>> Thanks a lot!! >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ff0db1f1-3788-45b0-870a-41b63958f047n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ff0db1f1-3788-45b0-870a-41b63958f047n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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/2e163964-aeff-49b6-a5e1-0cd7e205bd95n%40googlegroups.com.
