Thanks... But again, what kind of voltage should I set the supply to? Many seemed to think that 170v was enough, but I guess not... On Jan 20, 1:03 pm, Bill Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Read the initial blurb here, around page 6: > > http://www.neazoi.com/technology/logic/GE-lamps.pdf > > Bill > > On 1/20/2011 1:58 PM, will wrote: > > > > > 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).
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