Hi Tony,
I see what you are saying now that I am at a PC. Is there another shipping
provider that would work better internationally? I am happy to ship with
whoever. My plan was to use a Flat Rate box for domestic shipping.
Jeff
On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:29:57 PM UTC-7, Tony Adams wrote:
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That's interesting - so you have them listed as US only and didn't
know that ebay are offering them to the UK (and other countries) via
their GSP?.
I see '$32.64 International Priority Shipping to United Kingdom via
the Global Shipping Program'.
They have a reputation for destroying anything
I don’t follow your statement? Are you suggesting another shipping method and
opening up to international bidders? I have locked down to domestic shipping
only.
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I notice you're sending them via the global tube disposal program so
anyone outside the US will never see them.
Does ebay give you an option to not use it or is it forced on you when
you list them with international postage?.
Tony.
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I definitely want an honest listing. Please provide feedback if you think
I definitely want an honest listing. Please provide feedback if you think the
listing isn’t clear. I definitely want to be clear on what is being sold.
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Buying a box of untested tubes for $1000+ seems like a terrible bet to me!
Thankfully I am out only $400 and might be able to recoup a few bucks on
the one good tube and the tester I built.
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 3:53:44 PM UTC-7, Alic wrote:
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> So paying a $1000 for an unopened box of
So paying a $1000 for an unopened box of IN-18 isn’t such a good idea after
all...
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IN-18-Nixie-Tubes-Lot-of-25-New-Old-Stock-IN18-NOS-UNOPENED/162991044099?hash=item25f305f603:g:pWgAAOSw3gJZKGvG
Suddenly the price of tested IN-18s doesn’t seem that high anymore given how
I really don't know.
I am a bit disappointed it didn't work out. I did enjoy building the
tester kit so no loss there.
I am in the hole about $400 for the case of tubes so that's a bit of a hit,
but not nearly as bad as it could have been.
On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:56:12 AM UTC-7, Terry S
The real question is how did he accumulate a whole case of bad IN-18's?
They are notoriously reliable tubes in my experience.
On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:52:15 AM UTC-5, Jeff Aylesworth wrote:
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> FOUND a plasma globe!!!
>
> Unfortunately only 3 tubes in the whole case showed any activity like
Had you seen his home the hoarding part would be clear. :)
On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55:09 AM UTC-7, Pramanicin wrote:
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> That’s a shamenot sure why someone would hoard a whole box of duds
> though.
>
> You could harvest the numbers out of them (careful, there may be trace
> mercury
Well if you saw the original owners home the hoarding part would be clear :)
I do want to mention again that Marcin Saj was super helpful
On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55:09 AM UTC-7, Pramanicin wrote:
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> That’s a shamenot sure why someone would hoard a whole box of duds
> though.
>
>
That’s a shamenot sure why someone would hoard a whole box of duds
though.
You could harvest the numbers out of them (careful, there may be trace mercury
in the tubes...) and use them like other have for numbers on a clock face
etc.shame to just bin them.I have a crap load of
FOUND a plasma globe!!!
Unfortunately only 3 tubes in the whole case showed any activity like this
video we took:
https://youtu.be/wrd98JrAmB4
The other tubes didn't do anything at all.
Jeff
On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:41:58 AM UTC-7, Jeff Aylesworth wrote:
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> Hi,
> Thanks for adding me to
In the interests of science, I went and did it with a tired old B6844A -
for 2 secs, several times because I wanted to get a good shot. It arguable
works better after this extreme de-poisoning treatment. YMMV:
https://youtu.be/3aagtcZnrzU
On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 1:16:27 PM UTC-4,
Been there, done that. I found it to be quite lethal for IN-1's, but at the
same time, hilarious and definitely toxic.
The link below is 3 nixies at the same time in a microwave oven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUMy0P560k
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I'm back to report on my microwave oven experiment. Last night when
it became dark out, I put a neon 'lamp' (NE-32) in my microwave oven and
set it for one second. No results. So I upped the time to two seconds
and it did light up nice and bright. I removed it from the microwave and
Just use a common plastic hair comb. Use it to charge with static
electricity and discharge to the glass bulb or the pins. Do it in a dark
place. The neon will give off little flashes of orange light if it's there.
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Corrosion isn't necessarily a problem. Though it indicates they may have
been stored outside where extreme thermal cycling over time might have
caused the pins to lose seal.
I have had a few tubes die due to stress on the pins from repeated
insertions.
-Dan
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Jeff
How much voltage does the nixie tester generate ? I'm hoping it's closer to
170V, and you just have a batch of tubes that need a few more volts to
ionize.
That said, I have an IN-18 on my desk here at work, which is dead. There
are no visible signs of damage, and none of the cathodes glow,
On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 11:04:16 AM UTC-7, Jeff Aylesworth wrote:
> The lowest hanging fruit seems to be the plasma ball proximity test.
> Jeff
Along the same lines, you could use your toy Tesla coil or van de Graaf
generator...
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Hi Terry,
The guy did have a LOT of neon sign manufacturing materials and other
equipment. He was definitely either some sort of professional or deep into
electrical/electronic hobbies. I suppose they could have been castoffs for
sure but the date codes and other markings match across the lot.
Are they all the same date codes? Perhaps they are the fallout of a sorting
effort.
IN-18's at a garage sale? And a whole case! What are the odds?
As others mentioned, there are numerous ways to test such tubes. A while
back I bought a cheap handheld device for testing neon sign tubes. Works
I don' know the history on them at all, I rescued them from a garage sale
in my neighborhood. The pins do seem to have a little corrosion in some
cases and in some cases they are not true and perfectly straight. I am
going to try and track down a plasma globe to see if I can see any signs of
You don't need a "Nixie tester". All you need is current-limited high
voltage. In the US, a 100K resistor in series with 120-150 Vac (use an
isolation transformer; do not connect directly to the mains!) should light
one or two digits at a time.
Are you sure they are new? Can yo see any
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