OK, brain fart, you get the idea, though. the tube worked, I removed it from a Nixichron in the course of a firmware upgrade, put it back in later and the tube no longer worked. First time ever and frankly I'm happy it was an IN-18 and not a Z568M or B7971 tube, it was a cheaper lesson learned. :)
On 2011 Jun 07, at 15:48 , jb-electronics wrote: > It cannot lose vacuum because it has never had vacuum ;-) > > Jens > > Am 08.06.2011 00:43, schrieb Wayne de Geere III: >> >> >> I have one that no longer works, have no idea why, I may have lost vacuum >> when I was pulling or re-inserting it into my clock after doing some work on >> one of my clocks. >> >> On 2011 Jun 07, at 15:02 , Gene Segal wrote: >> >>> Nixie Gang, >>> >>> Is there anybody interested in bringing their IN-18's back from the dead? >>> Specifically, those of you who have suffered broken "pupiks" (glass bibs or >>> pips between the pins). I am not an expert, but was thinking that those >>> could be refilled and sealed. If we get a decent number of these >>> casualties together, then perhaps it would be interesting to some expert >>> neon glass guy to refill them. So the question is - how many of these >>> could we get together in one location, in order to approach an expert. I >>> can get us started with about 20. >>> >>> Perhaps we could devise a voucher system, so that everyone sends their dead >>> guys to one person, then an estimate is obtained for the lot, and everybody >>> pitches in their share. These would be only for private use, since >>> longevity would probably suffer...but it might be worth it for some to pay >>> $20 per tube, for example, to have a backup. Thoughts? >>> >>> Gene >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
