Meredith ( www.6smith.com ) suggested there is a special epoxy. Quote:
" If you just want to temporarily reinforce a seal, there are high vacuum glass to metal epoxies such as Celvaseal which may not have much longevity, but can help you troubleshoot the problem." Might be a product of interest to those who observe their tube just starting to lose gas (dimmer glow, and partial and "traveling" cathode discharge). Perhaps an application of this sealant would stop the loss, and voltage/current to the tube could be increased to compensate for the fainter glow. > >I have my one tube, that's it. I could go for having it filled with argon just >for grins, I'm concerned that the nipple on my one bad tube may not be broken, >it may have lost seal some other way, like one of the cathode or anode pin >ports. > >On 2011 Jun 08, at 20:35 , Gene Segal wrote: > >> Nixie Gang, >> >> Am I to assume that nobody on the list has IN-18s with broken nipples >> (judging by the response)? Should we give it a few more days for folks to >> chime in? >> >> To reiterate, I was hoping to get a pool of people, so that we could collect >> all the damaged tubes and have one expert do something very interesting with >> them. >> >> Margaret sounds very knowledgable, and I don't know about the rest of you, >> but I'm going to ask her fill my broken tubes with pure argon. :P >> >> >> -- >> 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.
