TV flybacks of yesteryear are an entirely different animal. First, the flybacks in TVs ran at much higher voltages, up to 25kV for color sets. Second, the earlier versions were wax-impregnated. So, when you have a TV set with a lot of tubes you have a lot of heat, and after a few years, just enough wax has crept away to allow insulation breakdown. Then all hell breaks loose. What a noise, and what a smell when the flyback went out......No wonder they were always entombed inside a metal cage.... In the early 1970's, silicone-based insulation was used in flybacks and I dont recall any failures in my TVs thereafter. And they became cage-free.
None of those problems will happen with a nixie supply. Just about every electronic device manufactured today that is line-powered has a switch-mode power supply, and they operate with the same underlying principles as a flyback converter. Very safe,efficient, and reliable when properly designed. -- 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/b1c42d1b-ed30-4cdb-aa81-47556fdcc176%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
