I had my eye on those Russian trigger tubes, but decides not to go for them, because the datasheet told me a life of only 5000 hours.
eric -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of threeneurons Sent: woensdag 8 februari 2012 17:34 To: neonixie-l Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie clock with vacuum tubes On Feb 8, 3:44 am, "Tidak Ada" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, what about 'normal' dekatron life ? > Do you, or any other member here, have any experience with long > running dekatron or trigger tube counters ? > Or should I consider a dekatron/cold cathode trigger clock only as a > demo object? > > eric That kinda depends on what you consider end of life. I have some nixie clocks with dekatron pendulums, made back in 2003 thru 2004. The dekatrons all still work ... BUT. The but, being the glass is heavily silvered, so the glow is hard to see in the daylight. They still function, electrically, however. Usually it takes around five years, 24-7, until the silvering in say, a 6802, to look like a 'new' OG-4. Since 2003, I still haven't had one stop working completely. Well I did, but that was a 6910 high speed, with the funky gas mix, but no neon type has ever completely crapped out. They, clearly, are not (mercury enhanced) nixies when it comes to life. On those same clocks, the nixies look as good as new. Only nixie clock that's ever given me problems is the first, using IN-4s. The IN-4 is not mercury enhanced, and I've vaporized at least 3 'zeroes' in that time. In real use, a nixie will easily last 10-years. 20 looks good, and 30 even possible. A dekatron, maybe half that, as far as function. So keep spares, or don't run them 24-7, or do both. I have no clue on cold cathode trigger life. -- 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.
