I like the upside down 5...speaks to the history of the tubes and the apparent necessity of cost savings! I have an IN-8-2 clock without spacers with LED underlighting and it looks pretty good (personal preference though...).
Post some pictures when you're done...would be interested in seeing the IN-8-2 atop spacers... Nick On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Chris Stalin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > LOL horrible 4, Nothing beats that degenerate upside down 5. The IN82 4 is > slightly bigger vertically and doesn't over lap the horizontal portion, So > yeah its not perfect...... Personal preference in the end. > > Why the spacers? Because it looks more professional and clean. No to > mention if one wanted to add floor lighting to a tube it would shine up > into the tube and now flood the entire PCB. > > No way I will use the IN8 pins, That's the whole reason I opted for IN8-2. > > Thanks for your input. I appreciate it! > Chris > > > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:12:11 AM UTC-7, Adam Jacobs wrote: >> >> >> Well, Sure, minus the upside down 2 for a 5. :) But plus the HORRIBLE 4 >> numeral. >> I like the 5's in the IN-8-2's, but the 4's are bad enough that I >> switched back to IN-14's back in the day. >> Now, neither of those nixie tubes are cheap enough for me to use in new >> designs. All of my stockpile of IN-8's, IN-8-2's, IN-14's and IN-16's >> are replacement parts only for existing clocks. >> >> Why do you want spacers for your IN-8-2's, anyways? They didn't come >> with them. I'd skip the spacers and go with IN-8's and sockets if that >> is the look you are going for. Granted, sockets for the IN-8 can >> sometimes be difficult to find. I think it was the IN-2 that uses the >> same socket. Socketed Nixie tubes are a lot more fun to deal with when >> replacing. >> >> -Adam >> >> On 11/26/2013 10:03 AM, Chris Stalin wrote: >> > Hey fellas, >> > >> > I am looking for a source ( yeah right ) for IN14 nixie tube spacers. >> > They are actually for my IN8-2 tubes. But the IN14 will fit perfectly. >> > They are virtually the same minus that HORRIBLE upside down 5 number. >> > >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a7f77fe8-1a08-4d4b-84ce-62e8fe3e5fc4%40googlegroups.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLDjHiBcrCqq8y27V0DLQmnvzkSjpF2U0-g76N56C%2BhSA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
