Oh btw, the tubes had about 16K hours on them 3 years ago. In the new clock they're on for 15 hours a day, for 3 years.. is another 16K hours, so they have about 32K hours on them.
Kiran On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 1:58:51 PM UTC-4, Kiran Otter wrote: > > While I don't mind the slot-machine effect, I don't know how effective it > is. My tubes only had slight poisoning when I built the Spectrum 18 clock > 3 years ago, and now several have developed problems. Here's a video > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ph8yfrwv6pxb0e9/nixie.webm?dl=0>. I slowed it > down 50%. The two left tubes are '82.. the others are 82-83. > > I intend to get one of Marci's testers in hopes of healing them. > > Kiran > > On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 1:53:43 PM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: >> >> I agree Keith, it’s eye candy so I quite like the slot machine effects >> and similar. You don’t need it every other minute, once every ten minutes >> or so seems fine to me. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 8, 2018, at 09:50, 'Spirit' via neonixie-l < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I wanted to design a clock that would sit under my main monitor, and so I >> didn't want it to be distracting while still maintaining good tube life. I >> prefer my neon to be calm :) >> The slot machine effect is still perfectly valid for those that don't >> mind having the clock flash obnoxiously every few minutes. >> >> On Thursday, 8 March 2018 19:55:31 UTC+3, Keith Moore wrote: >>> >>> Am I the only one who thinks the slot machine effect is much nicer to >>> see than this alternative? However, I am on-board if this actually helps >>> longevity. >>> The slot machine effect is usually what gets non-nixie folks excited >>> about the display. It's the "blinky-lights gets the attention" effect. :-) >>> >> -- >> >> -- 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/600fc5e1-5af6-402c-a3f7-aa7474a02fef%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
