Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-03 Thread Joe Croft
Hi Yall, Lots of food for thought here. As for kits, I'm not too afraid of kit builders. I've sold over 100 of my Nixieneon clock kits with very few issues. Granted, I never package two values of any given part into the same bag. I truly believe that saved me a lot of grief. Also, making the steps

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-03 Thread NeonJohn
Here's my opinion as Chief Engineer and majority owner of a company with several products on the market. *) Lose the solid state relays. They will surely be failed in short order the first time a service call is initiated. HVAC guys like to short low voltage wiring to look for power. Faster tha

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-03 Thread John Rehwinkel
> I want to make this a kit, either both a Nixie tube version as well as 7 > segment LED version. Unfortunately I don't have the cash on hand to do this > in any quantity to start so I was thinking of turning to Kickstarter. The > question is, what is the quantity of kits I should aim for? If

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-02 Thread David Forbes
Joe, When deciding how many of a new thing to make for sale, I look for the knee of the curve of cost-per-unit vs quantity, and aim about there. Aim towards the lower end of quantity if uncertain or funds are short. On 1/2/16 7:38 PM, Joe Croft wrote: Happy New Year Yall!! To open this new

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-02 Thread Dylan Distasio
I would be interested in one. On Jan 2, 2016 9:39 PM, "Joe Croft" wrote: > Happy New Year Yall!! > > To open this new years, I have been continuing on my saga with the > NixieStat Thermostat. I have a hackaday project with pictures and more here: > > https://hackaday.io/project/4452-nixiestat > >

[neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

2016-01-02 Thread Joe Croft
Happy New Year Yall!! To open this new years, I have been continuing on my saga with the NixieStat Thermostat. I have a hackaday project with pictures and more here: https://hackaday.io/project/4452-nixiestat I want to make this a kit, either both a Nixie tube version as well as 7 segment LED