Bill, thanks for reporting! That's very useful information. Looks like it went stable ultimately. It's strange that it was stable for the first two weeks; if there was a "burn in" I would think the lamp would act up right away. Maybe voltage fluctuated in the device?
Gene > On Oct 3, 2016, at 6:01 PM, TheJBW <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gene (and anyone else tracking this), > It's been another six months and the INS-1 in question is still soldiering on > flicker-free and fully bright. If it ever goes bad again, I'll make a point > of picking this thread back up. > > -Bill > >> On Monday, March 28, 2016 at 7:37:11 AM UTC-7, Gene Segal wrote: >> Bill, excellent observation! I almost didn't recognize my own post from >> 2011, thanks for digging that up!)) >> >> I'm curious if that INS-1 you reported about, which went stable, will stay >> stable long-term. Please do report. >> >> Best regards, Gene >> >>> On Mar 28, 2016, at 1:14 AM, TheJBW <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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 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. > > -- > 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/e756320c-3f0e-471d-89db-93676527b2a8%40googlegroups.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/6C39F78E-5969-4A9F-B30B-8FB25FEB6C49%40earthlink.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
