You must be "loading" neon tube before use. You need loading tube by current 1.5-2 ma for 2 minutes, because some microgram mercury need to be vaporize from cathodes.
2018-04-14 22:00 GMT+03:00 Michael Bell <[email protected]>: > Hello > > Sorry if this is a silly question, but I can't seem to find anything online > about it... The IN-17 datasheet says that before soldering it's suggested to > "train" the nixie with a common current source to each cathode. What is this > supposed to accomplish? > > https://tubehobby.com/datasheets/in17.pdf > > Thank you, > Michael > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a382eabb-966a-48fa-8ff1-6af6e3fba068%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/CAJPO2i%2BOG0r-o6B5tOFZYe91KGmFBAS-_N%2BWd-eDbPJMCyPXDA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
