The lead with the arrow or bump, is the anode (+). The cathode (-) gets eaten away, so with cold cathode tubes, like gas triggers, the cathode is larger. Cathodes on tubes, like nixies and dekatrons, are restricted in size and shape, due to their specific functions.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:05:48 AM UTC-7, Che wrote: > > Hi, > > does anyone know what is the correct polarity of the Nixies INS-1? I've > tried and it works "both ways"... > [image: Inline image 2] > > thank you, > > Che > -- 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/b478a5f2-052e-4215-b03c-ee29c88810af%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
