Thanks for the tips. I have the basic bulb specs; they're on the labels of the readouts. What I want are design spec dimensions (as opposed to measured dimensions) of various parts of the readouts.
On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 1:31:26 PM UTC-7, gregebert wrote: > > Looks like the datasheet is going to be difficult to find. > > Are you looking for incandescent bulb info ? You can probably > reverse-engineer it; just be careful to start with low voltage, maybe 1-2 > volts, and slowly work your way up. > An ohmmeter *wont* give you accurate bulb characteristics because the > filament resistance increases substantially when it's glowing. > > And when you do figure out how to get the bulbs to glow, I highly > recommend you use a current-limited driver, or have all bulbs slightly-on > at all times to keep the filaments warm (yeah, it's wasteful...) because > the bulbs are difficult to replace. Incandescent bulbs experience a > current-surge when they are energized with cold filaments, and that's > usually when they die. > > -- 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/5a08b506-8d6e-4adc-b23f-86fea78f31fb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
