I got so disappointed at how extended neon leads on colons looked - I ended up making a tiny PCB which sits inside the glass tube with a metal base to match Dalibors tubes. I used to spend ages with enamel copper wire and such like - not any more! - Richard
On Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 13:39:42 UTC+1 Greg P wrote: > Nice that they still sell the NE-2's with the 60mm leads. Really wish > someone would offer those with even longer leads so you don't have to > extend the wire when making clocks with larger tubes. > > > > On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 12:31:43 AM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: > >> Nice that they sell single-units. Years ago I had to buy them in a box of >> 1000, so I bought green ones and sold some to folks on neonixie. I've also >> seen blue ones. >> They dont seem to have as long of a lifetime as traditional neon bulbs; >> the phosphor coating "wears out" after a few years so be sure to keep >> spares around. >> >> On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 8:17:43 PM UTC-7 martin martin wrote: >> >>> For anyone needing nice colons for their pretty clock, allspectrum.com >>> has a new website! >>> >>> Neon Lamps - All Spectrum Electronics >>> <http://www.allspectrum.com/store/neon-lamps-c-29.html?osCsid=c0c10a13252251c37ef4eb99b02d073a> >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> >> -- 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/a8be3437-ea47-43e5-949a-548469d85488n%40googlegroups.com.
