That's great news! On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 8:24:24 PM UTC-8, Jeff Walton wrote: > > I had a set of Raytheon CK8754 tubes go more than 30 years of continuous > operation. Not the same tube but the same manufacturer, so they did > something right. > > Jeff > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ben W <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 1/9/17 10:12 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: neonixie-l <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: My Nixie clock > > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1a93c22a-e109-41ae-a1fb-146864c74398%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1a93c22a-e109-41ae-a1fb-146864c74398%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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