Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread JohnK
Maybe I am missing something when it comes to the way this works, but, when it is not a vacuum as is required for a valve/tube then what about the idea of pump a bit, add some of the eventual gas, pump again etc. The original impurities would distribute 'evenly' through the added gas and when it

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread gregebert
In theory that would work if impurities were only gases, but many impurities are not gaseous and require heat to be released from the glass and metal surfaces. I've seen methods described where neon tubes are heated and gas is passed from one end to the other to remove impurities with bombarding

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread Nick
On Thursday, 12 February 2015 14:20:39 UTC, johnk wrote: > >  > Maybe I am missing something when it comes to the way this works, but, > when it is not a vacuum as is required for a valve/tube then what about the > idea of pump a bit, add some of the eventual gas, pump again etc. The > origina

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread gregebert
Ebay auction for 6 of Dalibor's tubes closed at $1397 (US) so supply/demand market forces are going to keep these beauties out of reach from the rest of us for awhile, and hopefully long enough that he can recover the time and money he's invested getting this far. Congratulations are definitely

[neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie use

2015-02-12 Thread NeonJohn
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