When you solder sockets to a pcb, you need to have a dummy plug [they were
used for normal valve work] or a 'standard' nixie plugged in. The socket
pins [of good sockets] can move around a bit. Before pcbs it didn't matter
so much. With ordinary valves there are specialised sockets for pcb use. ...
maybe your sockets are not specifically for pcb?
For nixies, the accuracy of the pcb holes is very important.
Use a dummy plug or expendable 'standard' Nixie to align the socket pins.
John K
Australia
[I had a pic of dummy plug in Yahoo nixie folders somewhere].
----- Original Message -----
From: "chuck richards" <[email protected]>
....clip....
. I had a modest few of these tubes only
to find out that certain sockets tend to break them!!!
So, I ended up with just enough NL-6844A tubes to get by.
Has anyone else ever ran into this issue with certain
kinds of those sockets having pins which restrict the tube pins
and put such force on them so as to cause the glass of the
tube base to break? I found out later by carefully examining
two different versions of that socket that the good ones
have nice flexible forked pins and the tube-killer sockets
have pins that are much thicker and more cylindrical. less
like a nice fork.
Thanks, Chuck Richards
--
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.
