After receiving the tubes, it appears they are actually Raytheon CK8037's, meant to replace the 5031. They have a healthy blueish mercury glow and are NOS; I wonder how long they will last? The pins are a bit rusted. Any info on Raytheons out there?
On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:41:13 PM UTC-8, gregebert wrote: > > The 5031 has a collar around the cathode stack, and it reduces the viewing > angle. I cant think of any reason why it would affect the operating life. > > Given this is an earlier-generation nixie vs the 5092, I'm sure there were > several improvements that Burroughs made for improving reliability and > manufacturability. The glass-seal around the pins is ultra-critical, which > might be a factor in shorter 5031 lifetime due to gas leaks. After 50 > years, even a leak that is undetectable will have caused some damage. > -- 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/1a93c22a-e109-41ae-a1fb-146864c74398%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
