Yeah, I've had similar experience with these tubes. 'think they were sold as standard life tubes in the brochures. The rounded face is a warning...
5092's are fine tubes though. On Friday, June 16, 2017 at 11:00:35 AM UTC-5, gregebert wrote: > > Be careful with 5031's.....I've bought a few in the past from different > sources, and half of them had defects, most likely gas leaks. > They did not respond to depoisoning attempts at high current. Oh, they got > really warm. Someday I hope to melt one. Did that before with a 0A2 and it > was hilarious as it shrivelled. > I believe the 5031 is Burrough's 1st-generation nixie. > > I've bough many 5092's in various condition from different sources. Have > never found a bad one, and have never had one fail on me. > -- 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/3fa1828c-8f10-48d9-a239-73a7ab0f0096%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
