I have qty 13 of non-working (no illumination on any digits at all, seals appear intact) IN-18 Nixies. These are pulls from a no-longer- sold clock kit which "ate" tubes. I had purchased and assembled the kits years ago and sold them on, then wound up replacing the tubes under my warranty. Eventually I sent the 2 customers new replacement clocks from a different designer.
>From what I heard from my customers, the tubes slowly faded out after several months of operation. Sometimes various digits would light and others wouldn't, and in other cases the tubes flickered over a period of weeks and then stopped lighting entirely. When I tested them tonight, all 13 of them were bad. In happier news, 94 other IN-18's I tested were good. The date codes of the tubes are: Qty 9 - 8702 Qty 2 - VIII 77 Qty 1 - 11 82 Qty 1 - 88 02 Any interest? Or better yet, any ideas on rejuvenating them? I don't want to list 'em on eBay, because no matter how many times I state that they are non-working, people will bid insanely and then complain that they don't work. -- 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.
