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.
>>
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