Unfortunately, I've never used an old time valve regulator, a fluorescent light tube, or a zener diode. LOL. I feel so stupid when working with this kind of hardware...
I'm now starting to think about it like this-if a higher value resistor is used, the current through the nixie decreases. This causes the resistance of the nixie to go up, which means that more voltage is dropped over the nixie, and this happens until it goes up to the sustaining voltage (but at a lower current). If a lower value resistor is used, more current goes through, and the resistance of the nixie drops until the voltage over it is its sustaining voltage (at a higher current). Is this inverse resistance-to-current relationship correct? That would make the most sense... but again, what is the rough sustaining voltage of the IN-14? Start-up voltage? I can set the boost driver to pretty much whatever I want (within reason). On Jan 20, 11:47 am, "JohnK" <[email protected]> wrote: > Think of the tubes acting a bit like a zener diode. [Or old-time valve > regulators eg VR105 ] > Same principle as fluorescent light tubes too for that matter. [And the > reason for the Ballast] > > John K. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "will" <[email protected]> > > " Does the resistance of the tube > decrease significantly when you energize it or something?" -- 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.
