[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Feb 27, 2:57 pm, Alex wrote: > Terry, shame about that IV-26 clock - that's the big version too! I bought > a load of IV-26 tubes a while ago before realising there are 3 types (watch > out for that sort of thing with the Russian tubes, John!) The clock is happy now, and I even wrote up an art

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Smiffy
I had been half hoping to see some clarification to this point of John's original question, because there are certainly EU regulations concerning hazardous substances (Ne may be inert, but you can find Hg, Be, other nasties.) On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:29:27 PM UTC+10:30, electrofish wrot

[neonixie-l] Re: OG8 dekatrons

2013-02-27 Thread dr pepper
I havent bothered with a deka pend since, noone I've showed it likes it, 'whats that thing doing'. Personally I like the glow from a dekatron just as much as a nixie. Next in line for build is a vfd, I have several russian jobs waiting to be used. On 26 Feb, 21:13, threeneurons wrote: > | I've pl

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Alex
I have bought thousands of £ worth of tubes from Ukraine, Moldova and Romania and with the exception of a few smashed IN-9 tubes that I received reimbursement for I have never had any issues or shipping / customs problems. Terry, shame about that IV-26 clock - that's the big version too! I boug