Well would have to agree we've had it good for the last few months but yes I've also seen the 'horizontal 'rain when I worked down at Dungeness nuclear power station (the nuclear had nothing to do with it) Certainly bleak out on them marshes though. We must be close(ish) I live in Dover ATM.
Back to the car..a lowered VW is even less smooth,,I feel end view tubes maybe slightly more robust than their upright brethren, certainly easier for a multi tiered display. Much thought is going to be put into dampening with the consideration of the many pointers here. Dave On 15 Oct, 04:58, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh come on! The weather here is not so bad - I've just come back from > a few days in Co. Mayo (West Eire) - I never knew that rain a) could > form a solid wall, b) that it could fall horizontally at 60mph, and c) > that it never stops... In the SE of England we've had great weather > for ages... > > Cars have interesting electrical environments - pretty hostile. A VW > is not the most subtle of vehicles or the smoothest of rides, and many > UK roads are not as good as people might like. A good SMPS will sort > you out fine - I've used mine in cars and they seem very reliable, > though you need to keep SMPS noise of the main car electrics unless > you want your radio etc, to be very unhappy... > > The failure modes of nixies in these environments are likely to be > largely in the cathode/anode supports failing or inter-cathode/cathode- > anode shorts - the tubes were not designed for this sort of abuse. Use > wire-ended nixies supported on soft grommets or pinned nixies with > anti-vibration mounts on the tube bases. I suspect that this approach > might help a bit, but not a huge amount... > > Having said that, you'll probably be fine. > > On Oct 15, 4:29 am, Lucky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I live over the water in the sunny UK...okay not so sunny! Dang I had > > a look a the book on the link you provided David, problem is is led to > > other books on the subject I fancied too :) looks an interesting read, > > will look out for it along with some of the others I don't want to get > > lots of repetition though. > > > I think a small nixie clock with fading digits would suit the '55, > > nice chrome adjustment knobs etc especially if it's standard/ > > unmodified inc the radio. 4-6 tubes in an arc to match the speedo > > binnacle maybe? > > > Talking of which I'm going to need to make sure I, or anybody has a > > very smoothed out power supply, a car's '12V' is all over the place. > > My particular application is going into a heavily modified 72 VW > > Beetle I am building for somebody with a distinct Gothic theme which > > lends itself to steampunk very nicely. I want the whole > > instrumentation to be nixie/neon based with Bakelite type switches > > etc. (Think 'Back to the Future' steampunk style!) We're also > > considering custom made valve amps on show under the bonnet, cotton > > covered wires, brass terminals... Hopefully win a few shows with it. > > > On 15 Oct, 03:40, J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > David does live near the U of A. > > > > I was thinking just a short time ago about how we need to get some > > > dang nixies into my 55 chevy. It sure would liven it up. > > > > One of these days David is going to make the nixie clock/ipod amp > > > thingy for old cars, but I guess I have to do the mechanical design > > > first. > > > > Jim -- 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.
