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] 
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>> 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.
>>
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