This is an ancient topic, I know, but I wanted to chime in. Back in late December, I built a clock which uses an INS-1 as an AM/PM indicator (so on 12hr / day). With the correct polarity, the lamp was 100% fine for the first two weeks or so, and then began to exhibit the flickering phenomenon described here. It was a mild annoyance, but I didn't have time to address it, as it was soldered in place and enclosed behind acrylic. Having forgotten about it entirely for a few months, I was looking at it last week, and noticed that it doesn't flicker anymore. I've been keeping an eye on it since, and have seen no hint whatsoever of flicker. So it seems, at least for a tiny sample size, that this self oscillation / flicker may simply go away after a 'burn-in' period.
-Bill On Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 5:27:01 PM UTC-8, Gene Segal wrote: > > I have observed the following behavior of ИНС-1: > > With proper polarity connection, and rated current/voltage applied per > spec sheet, SOME of the lamps exhibit unstable behavior, where they start > pulsating sporadically. Others do not show this behavior. I would not > call it a flicker (if flicker is defined as sporadic on/off condition), but > a periodic pulsation, a kind of internal thermodynamic feedback loop, once > set into pulsate mode, will tend to stay in that mode. In that sense, it > is stable, but in the sense that it happens sporadically (probably a > function of ambient temperature or light), it is unstable. > > Gene > > -- 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/1083afa8-af9b-4a44-a4b2-22080f56b52e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
