Probably not. I haven't seen anything saying that they're long life tubes, but have seen several pics of darkened smaller versions (70mm GR311's.)
On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 8:13:17 AM UTC-5, Greg P wrote: > > Does anyone know if they're long life (mercury) type tubes? I'd hate to > spend that kind of $$$ on them and have them sputter out when being used. > > > > On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 4:29:37 AM UTC-4, Nick wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 12 October 2017 09:14:30 UTC+4, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. >> wrote: >>> >>> I heard a story that they were used in weight stations for trucks. There >>> is symbol tube in the same size made by rodan that can display "kg" and "t" >>> which would make the story plausible. >> >> >> True - the systems are called "weighbridges" - the digits were big so >> that they could be read from the trucks. >> >> I also heard that they were in East Germany,,, >> >> Whatever anyone else thinks, I like them. Used to have quite a few, sold >> most, now just one set of 6 left (not in a clock at the moment) >> >> Nick >> > -- 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/5e2160dc-7ecc-4f35-a40e-e1048eb5e2d3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
