I just had a look at the datasheet for the tube and it is shown as all voltage regulators are encased in one envelope, not four separate.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_zz1030.html & http://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/128/z/ZZ1030.pdf /Martin On Wednesday, 16 March 2016 13:09:37 UTC+1, Dekatron42 wrote: > > As you say it looks like the tips are open, they certainly aren't melted > at the tip like the four separate ones. > > It would be interesting to see the result if the ZZ1030 was checked with a > plasma lamp, that would show if there is neon gas in the envelope or just > in each voltage regulator tube. > > /Martin > > On Wednesday, 16 March 2016 12:49:26 UTC+1, jrehwin wrote: >> >> >> OK... so why a getter in this one? All the little NEON tubes are each >> already sealed. >> >> >> I don't think they're sealed. I think their tips are open to the main >> enclosing envelope. >> >> - John >> >> >> -- 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/e57c5304-f88d-4639-95c2-d047231d648a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
