[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

Wow, I have not seen those ".22 caliber" Neon bulbs (A1H) since I was a kid back in the 1970's. Somewhere I think I have a few. A friends father was an EE and had a bunch of them from work. The friend gave me a few to play with. I recall that even though they physically looked the same, some wer

[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

Memotronics is a good source for the hi-brite C2A and A3C bare lamps. They come with 2" (50 mm) leads. (US company) Has anyone had success in reviving NOS (emphasis on the O) neon lamps? I acquired LT2-32-2T lamps (1" bu

[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

Richard, please post pictures. Very interested to see your solution. On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 8:45:56 AM UTC-4 Richard Scales wrote: > I got so disappointed at how extended neon leads on colons looked - I > ended up making a tiny PCB which sits inside the glass tube with a metal > base to

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

I've got a VFD clock to build sometime. It's a multidigit tube with wires at both ends. I thought I'd extend and strengthen the wires to support the glass by soldering them into fine brass tubing as used by modelmakers. It'll probably turn out a mess because of all the different radii but might be

[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

I got so disappointed at how extended neon leads on colons looked - I ended up making a tiny PCB which sits inside the glass tube with a metal base to match Dalibors tubes. I used to spend ages with enamel copper wire and such like - not any more! - Richard On Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 13:39:42

[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

Nice that they still sell the NE-2's with the 60mm leads. Really wish someone would offer those with even longer leads so you don't have to extend the wire when making clocks with larger tubes. On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 12:31:43 AM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: > Nice that they sell single-unit

[neonixie-l] Re: Neons for all!

Nice that they sell single-units. Years ago I had to buy them in a box of 1000, so I bought green ones and sold some to folks on neonixie. I've also seen blue ones. They dont seem to have as long of a lifetime as traditional neon bulbs; the phosphor coating "wears out" after a few years so be su