Just a glow Jeff. I ran them again overnight at ~175V and the 'legs' under the mica spacer are still all that illuminates....hmm.
On another note, does anyone have any NL807's they're willing to trade? Nick On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Jeff Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you running high enough voltage that the blue is an actual arc between > pins or just a glow? > > > > *Jeff* > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> > Date: 5/26/2016 9:05 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Misbehaving NL803 > > Hi Jeff, yes driving way over voltage just to get the digit > illuminated....id ran the tube for 24 hrs before at rated voltage and > nothing....duff tube by the looks of it...I've had plenty of NL840's and > the like that needed some coaxing back to life, but nothing like this.... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 26, 2016, at 18:53, Jeff Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had some used NL841 tubes that had not been run in 25 years that glowed > below the mica but cleared up after about 24 hours and have been fine > since. Didn't have the bright blue. Are you running over voltage? > > *Jeff* > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> > Date: 5/26/2016 7:13 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [neonixie-l] Misbehaving NL803 > > Anybody seen a tube do this before? Blue corona around every digit.:.needs > a high strike voltage until digit ignites otherwise the pin below the mica > disc glows instead....odd. Otherwise the tube looks clear and unused..... > > -- > 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/DDF744DE-7A7D-4914-A822-1BFE62B1C886%40gmail.com > . > 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/DDF744DE-7A7D-4914-A822-1BFE62B1C886%40gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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/DDF744DE-7A7D-4914-A822-1BFE62B1C886%40gmail.com > . > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/91xhuf0vdbb2srwttpb3eg99.1464314033774%40email.android.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/91xhuf0vdbb2srwttpb3eg99.1464314033774%40email.android.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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9k4rtbittw0jebmdv2j4787m.1464316651758%40email.android.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9k4rtbittw0jebmdv2j4787m.1464316651758%40email.android.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/CAOX%2BRHKQ4AFvU3C9H_xnHX3abUk5AB-kWTu-i%3DEwuR7XjjiApA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
