Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting NOS Neon bulbs

2023-02-13 Thread Terry Kennedy
I had both the neon and argon versions in standard bases. The resistor was inside the base (actually on one of the wire legs next to the evacuation nipple. The other end went to the pin (not screw) part of the base. On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:49:23 AM UTC-5 gregebert wrote: > I had a

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting NOS Neon bulbs

2023-02-13 Thread 'bogdan paduraru' via neonixie-l
Thank you Benoit I have checked the website on my phone and did not spot the link On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:41:37 AM GMT+2, Benoit Tourret wrote: click on "Click here to see lamp lit up " and you will see this: Le dimanche 12 février 2023 à 07:05:51 UTC+1,

[neonixie-l] Re: Tubes failing with internal digit-anode shorts (Burroughs B5750s)

2023-02-13 Thread andybiker
Jamie, I have had exactly this problem with these B5750 tubes! I'm glad it's not just me. I've had 7 open circuit, I had 4 shorted to another digit, I had another tube with a resistance between two digits - not a full short! These were also on boards that had a lot of hours on them and looked a