Are they all the same date codes? Perhaps they are the fallout of a sorting effort.
IN-18's at a garage sale? And a whole case! What are the odds? As others mentioned, there are numerous ways to test such tubes. A while back I bought a cheap handheld device for testing neon sign tubes. Works good for nixies too, although it does seem to have destroyed the decimal points on a couple of IN-14's. After that I never touch the pins directly any more, just the glass. Terry On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 12:17:16 PM UTC-5, Jeff Aylesworth wrote: > > 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/5b634596-76e0-4adf-ae61-c418fd677e04%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
