all my tubes have 2040 printed on them, all of them have a TD71 sticker, 
and two say 425A5 on a sticker.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:55:29 PM UTC-5, Dekatron42 wrote:
>
> Here is a photo of a tube marked 2040 on the glass and 425A5 on the base 
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_2040.html , I can't vote for its 
> authenticity but I have both types but not one with both markings.
>
> I have also scraped away the black paint from 1C21s and they have an 
> identical construction inside and work just as well as the others being 
> touch sensitive. I read a few old patents where they mentioned that the 
> black paint was there just there to make them less light and touch 
> sensitive, the other difference I read about was that the ones used in 
> touch buttons were selected for their voltage, which is how some are marked 
> - the last digit in 425A5 marks the voltage 2 = 72V, 5= 75V on the tubes I 
> own.
>
> You can read more here as they have been discussed earlier: 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/neonixie-l/Ygr3IqWcVDQ/2fCV8ANU5XcJ
>
> /Martin
>

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