Wow, I was worried about cathode poisoning but it sounds like there may be even more worries. If I bought a Nixie thermometer IN-9, the tube wouldn't lastlike a normal Nixie tubes?
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:24 AM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Even the IN-13, with the extra "hold down" cathode, has problems after > running continuously over a long period. One of my friends bought one of > those kits, were the glow just grows, and shrinks, alternately. Its still > working after about a couple of years. But in less than a year, it would no > longer lock at one end, as its suppose to. The glow center, now sort of > drifts toward the middle. It now grows and shrinks outward in both > directions. Kinda cool, if you didn't know, how it was intended to work. > > > On Monday, August 18, 2014 6:33:11 PM UTC-7, Dman777 wrote: >> >> I am curious about Thermometers that use the Nixie IN 9 tube.... since >> the temp is steady and doesn't change that much...how does one keep >> from cathode poisoning happening to the IN 9 tube? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/9hZbxC3ofZE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/03c544c6-d60e-4623-b3a4-2e00a052969f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/03c544c6-d60e-4623-b3a4-2e00a052969f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAKMWEBxXEcd0FdOHNxkBUtqyOD%2BABhu4%2Bo%2BPfxRq7zpGKu7dqA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
