I bought 1,000 of these and conditioned a whole bunch of them for a ring counter clock. Many of them started to flicker and develop bad habits. I think they are just not very good neons.
John S On 1 Mar 2014, at 13:17, Spencer wrote: > Hello All! > > I bought these for the nixie clocks, http://www.ebay.com/itm/251373901401, > and they will work for a bit then start flickering all over in the tube, and > lighting up in odd places and not where it should be lighting up! > > An example can be found at, http://imgur.com/O32rVBi . Only the left side is > light up, the little light has a mind of its own and has traveled to the back > of the tube. > > I am feeding the little guy +180V and the anode resistor is 220K. I am not > sure if its too much current or what not. Several have done this to me. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks! > > > -- > 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/1393679866.7567.YahooMailNeo%40web120901.mail.ne1.yahoo.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/BBF47B8B-8338-45B1-B3BF-C81557EC9D92%40jsdesign.co.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
