Even if they're not leaking, there's a LOT of hours of rejuvenation time, to get those back to normal.
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 4:18:04 PM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: > > Having tried to rejuvenate a couple of IN18's with cathode poisoning > myself, it's not a given that'll it work....sometimes when a tube is done, > it's done... > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:10 PM, gregebert <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> If it was cathode poisoning, wouldn't some digits illuminate properly ? >> The video shows all digits with issues, except a few '7'. >> I seem to recall earlier postings about reliability issues with IN-18's >> manufactured in 1982. >> >> In my junkbox, I have a few 5031 nixies that don't illuminate properly, >> and despite running them with higher current in an attempt to 'clean' them, >> they showed no improvement. I assumed mine were slowly leaking, because >> they are earlier-generation Burroughs tubes that preceded the legendary >> 5092's, which are very reliable. >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/03a16f14-b6aa-49ff-be5a-998c1820fe89%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/03a16f14-b6aa-49ff-be5a-998c1820fe89%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/dfb29405-94aa-43ad-9161-532647efa1c6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
