When testing IN-9 tubes a while back (I still have not actually built anything with them) I found them 100x better when used with unsmoothed rectified AC.... YMMV. - Alex
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 04:13:36 UTC+1, gregebert wrote: > > Are you referring to the linear IN-9 tube ? I experimented with a few of > those and was very disappointed with their erratic behavior. For example, I > could get half of the tube to illuminate with 5-6mA. When I disconnected & > reconnected it, the reading was different. If I left it on for awhile, with > the same current, it would drift. The deal-breaker for me was when I would > crank the current up-and-down, and sometimes it would start glowing from > the opposite end. > > I sure hope these weren't used in critical applications, such as > monitoring a nuclear reactor..... > -- 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/1971c01c-a4cf-414c-9c6a-e75933516bd1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
