Thanks for the info. I mistakenly purchased a EZ10A off of eBay and didn't see my mistake till I built Dieter's kit and noticed the pin difference. Seems the EZ10B is pretty rare to find on eBay. Anyone out there that happens to have a EZ10B dekatron and would like to sell it please let me know.
It would be much appreciated, John On Oct 4, 1:30 am, "Dieter Waechter" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > > They're pin-compatible, but not electrically equivalent due to a > > different gas fill. Dance (Electronic Counting Circuits) specifically > cautions against direct substitution as it leads to significantly > reduced life of the EZ10A. So, you're probably OK for a short test to > see if the tube works, but not to run more extensively. Since it's > over-current that would be the concern, I'm guessing that you could > make the EZ10A happy long term by increasing the anode resistor, but I > can't lay my hands on the relevant numbers to substantiate that at the > moment. > > Yes, this is right. Since there are no anode/cathode current data available > for the EZ10A I reduced the anode/cathode current to a value where it does > not "hang" and the glow is bright and clear. You also can do so. > But the EZ10x are not very critical to gt them work. > Dieter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
