the clock that I have built uses four INS-1 tubes, first few times when the clock was running for half a day (testing purposes) the INS-1 did not flicker. But after the clock was left to run for a few days, pretty much all of them started to flicker at some point. But..what is important is that now, half a year later, the clock is still running and all the flickering on INS-1 tubes has stopped, almost though if it was some sort of a burn-in period for them. I drive them with direct DC and within the datasheet specs, all the tubes are NOS.
Dana ponedjeljak, 22. svibnja 2017. u 07:18:11 UTC+2, korisnik Ben W napisao je: > > <https://media.giphy.com/media/uh01QyfAaQxlC/giphy.gif> > So the INS-1 indicator neons are very fickle, anyone who has used them > knows they tend to flicker. Usually you have to switch them out until you > find a stable pair. I installed new INS-1's inside my clock recently, and > one of them showed very odd behavior, the neon glow seems to be precessing > in a circular pattern inside the unit like a decatron. > > obviously I'm very interested to know what is promoting this behavior! > Anyone have any ideas? the clock is multiplexed, maybe that has something > to do with it, but the colons are as I understand driven directly from the > HV power. > -- 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/9e04a546-3dcb-40dc-980b-0b0330661eda%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
