I don' know the history on them at all, I rescued them from a garage sale in my neighborhood. The pins do seem to have a little corrosion in some cases and in some cases they are not true and perfectly straight. I am going to try and track down a plasma globe to see if I can see any signs of life and go from there.
Thanks for the replies! Jeff On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 9:41:58 AM UTC-7, Jeff Aylesworth wrote: > > Hi, > Thanks for adding me to the group. > > I picked up a case of IN18 tubes at a garage sale in my area. I assembled > the Nixie Tester Kit as sold by Marcin Saj to test them, but can only get > one of 26 to work. His support in trying to see if my tubes were good has > been nothing short of amazing. > > The tubes all appear to be new and unused and are pristine on the inside > and in the original carton. Which I why I struggle with the fact that none > of them seem work (save for 1). > > I am looking for someone in the Seattle area that has an IN18 clock or > device and more electrical experience than to see if the tubes are any good. > > Thanks! > Jeff > -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2c65f234-f73b-420b-960c-0661e96e1077%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
