If this is your own design, I have a few suggestions: 1.Use PWM dimming when it's darker inside to effectively decrease on time. 2.Every once in a while, turn on all cathodes of the nixie tube (ie, if your left hour tube only ever shows 0, 1, or 2, every once in a while cycle through 3-9) to avoid cathode poisoning.
Beyond that, I have no idea how the tubes will perform constant on. On Feb 14, 3:59 pm, chris helps <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello,I have just finished making a nixie clock using z568 tubes I > bought years ago and was wondering how long they will last if on 24/7. > I saw that IN-18`s have a 5000 hour life, does that mean I will have > to replace them all in less than a year ? is it a good idea to swop > over hour and seconds tubes occasionally? > Will post some pics soon -I had to make bases from scratch as could`nt > find any to suit. > > Thanks , > > Chris -- 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.
