I use a commercial product made for women's complexion, sold on shopping channel - I bought mine at a Goodwill store called a Derma-wand seems to generate adjustable (not sure voltage or current) which has a glass tip I hold up to the glass envelope of a nixie and causes several or all the digits to glow. It generates a lot of ozone which is not good for skin or eyes or lungs but few seconds should do no harm.
Phil
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From: Jeff Aylesworth <jeffayleswo...@gmail.com>
Date: April 2, 2018 at 2:04 PM
Hi Terry,
The guy did have a LOT of neon sign manufacturing materials and other equipment. He was definitely either some sort of professional or deep into electrical/electronic hobbies. I suppose they could have been castoffs for sure but the date codes and other markings match across the lot.
The lowest hanging fruit seems to be the plasma ball proximity test.
Jeff
On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:58:09 AM UTC-7, Terry S wrote: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
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