The CK1916 is equivalent to an NL841 and is indeed a nice tube - it has a left hand DP - the NL840 differers only in having no DP.
This tubes should (probably) work fine - there is (probably) something else wrong... Have you checked you've still got HT at about 180V? Nick On Monday, 9 April 2012 08:17:46 UTC+1, Matthew wrote: > > Glad to find this group again... a few years since I did any of this > stuff, before the move to Google Groups! > > I'm working on a couple of clocks, based on Jonas's kit at TubeHobby.com. > I really like the kit, having made two before - it's documented for IN-14 > and IN-18 tubes, but mine were with IN-12 and IN-16, both working well > without any modifications (other than physical). > > This time I'm trying to make one with come CK1916 tubes I found on eBay - > they are very attractive. However, when wired up, they just don't seem to > fire at all :( I found the following datasheet on Dieter's site: > http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/dat_arch/Raytheon-data.pdf and > they seem to have similar specs to the Russian tubes, but I'm having no > luck so far. > > Does anyone have any experience with these tubes, or any ideas? If I sound > clueless, it's because I am :) I'm more into making the cases than > understanding the electronics! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/-z4ASIrXpboJ. 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.
