Re: [neonixie-l] Red Coated Tubes

2021-07-27 Thread gregebert
I wonder if red-coated nixies were an attempt to entice manufacturers from switching to 7-segment LEDs, which were mostly red at that time. On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 4:28:16 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: > I did something similar with some B7971 tubes (and a lot of other smaller > ones). I use

Re: [neonixie-l] Red Coated Tubes

2021-07-27 Thread 'John Rehwinkel' via neonixie-l
> I picked up a ZIN-70 tube from Millclock a few weeks ago, and after powering > it up, I thought it would look nice with a red coating like that on the > Z568M. I assume the coating is some kind of lacquer, but I'm not completely > sure. Anyone know what it is and how it can be applied? I use

Re: [neonixie-l] Red Coated Tubes

2021-07-27 Thread Audrey
No I dont think so, from what I've been told it helps with visibility On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 7:49 PM gregebert wrote: > I wonder if red-coated nixies were an attempt to entice manufacturers from > switching to 7-segment LEDs, which were mostly red at that time. > > > > On Monday, July 26, 2021 at