Has anyone experienced a B7971 failure 'in service'? My MOD_6 looks as good now as it did when I first turned it on....I wonder what the true life expectancy of these tubes is....
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Ulysses Balis <[email protected]> wrote: > The mod-six is a solid performer. I have three units. All are still > well, after 1000's of hours of run-time. > > The original kits were about $550 and the B-7971 tubes, when you can find > them, go for $80 and up. So $1200 is fair, albeit a bit high, for a clock > with substantial hours. A photo of my office clock is attached below.... > I love this clock. > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:15 AM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For those who cringe at the 1200 USD price, rest assured it's a fair price >> >> I'm in the midst of writing the software for my 8-tube b7971 clock, and >> the scarce supply of the tubes plus the time it takes to design, build, and >> debug makes it a costly project to do it on your own. I never thought I >> would want one until I literally got to hold one of those 70+ mm-tall >> beasts in my hand. Those tubs are really big. >> >> -- >> 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/ms >> gid/neonixie-l/6de6235f-aad3-4c51-80a7-ac11191ebe7d%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6de6235f-aad3-4c51-80a7-ac11191ebe7d%40googlegroups.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/CANX%2BaJhu2_uS6OYDpHSbo3d5ijz%3Diz6bEH4L2cOWBeGyZ6cs1g% > 40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CANX%2BaJhu2_uS6OYDpHSbo3d5ijz%3Diz6bEH4L2cOWBeGyZ6cs1g%40mail.gmail.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%2BRHLot33WxupP%2B9bQffzvJpizNLjxz0x%2BgB%3DK_WK1owAndA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
