> Short lived. No Hg. I have to replace them pretty frequently in one of my clocks (one every 6 months or so), they appear to develop infernal shorts... cheap as nuts though...
IN-1's ??? I gave-up on those years ago when I found internal shorts literally growing between cathodes. Zapping them with high current is just a temporary fix, because they regrow. They do give off a beautiful purple-red glow when you fire them off in a microwave oven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqRscmZMC6w On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 9:03:49 AM UTC-7 nickja...@gmail.com wrote: > Yes, I think I bought a hundred of them some time back, and some of other > 'cheap' at the time ones. Haven't looked at prices lately, too scary. The > seller included some extras for breakage, and a few did have the filler nip > snapped off. I set those aside for experimenting once I get my high vacuum > station set up. It shouldn't take much mercury at all to regas one and > test it... > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 10:19 AM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Short lived. No Hg. I have to replace them pretty frequently in one of my >> clocks (one every 6 months or so), they appear to develop infernal >> shorts... cheap as nuts though... >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 2, 2022, at 07:11, Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Yeah, that's what I typed, must've been autocorrect...yeah that's it... >> >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 9:07 AM Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Not to be that guy, but IN-2 >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 10:05 AM Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> What's wrong with nipples? Hehe... How about the little baby IN-17 >>>> with a nipple on the side? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 2:56 AM Paul Andrews <pa...@nixies.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> People think they are ugly until they see them. Tubes with nipples on >>>>> top - now *they’re* ugly. >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 1:02:41 PM UTC-4 Pramanicin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not dissimilar to NL934's, and they're quite nice looking IMO. Each >>>>>> to their own! CD47's, now they're *fugly*..... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM bogdanpaduraru via neonixie-l < >>>>>> neoni...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Agree with you that they are ugly >>>>>>> But It would be nice to have in your colection at least one NIB with >>>>>>> matching socket >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Jul 2022, at 19:29, 'Greg P' via neonixie-l < >>>>>>> neoni...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Gotta be one of the ugliest tubes out there IMHO. Anode mesh is >>>>>>> very coarse and the cathodes are thick and obstruct each other. Guess >>>>>>> people are paying for scarcity and the rounded top. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Z568M / Z5680M or Dalibor tubes way nicer and cheaper. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My guess $1600 for the lot. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 11:48:43 AM UTC-4 Bogdan Paduraru wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Over 2100 USD >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 29 Jul 2022, at 18:28, Kevin A. <ka...@scarletmail.rutgers.edu> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> $1200-$1500 for the lot >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 11:25 AM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jumbo-National-NL-7037-Nixie-Tubes-NIB-Set-of-4-w-sockets-/234639508700?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ...reaches for popcorn..... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Not my listing etc etc... anyone want to take bets as to how much >>>>>>>>> these will go for? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Nick >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because 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