Good to know. I will refrain from building any fancy clocks with them then!

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:29 AM, MichaelS <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>>
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