That’s a shame....not sure why someone would hoard a whole box of duds though.....
You could harvest the numbers out of them (careful, there may be trace mercury in the tubes...) and use them like other have for numbers on a clock face etc.....shame to just bin them.....I have a crap load of dead Nixie’s that I’ve accumulated over the years and I plan on doing something ‘artistic’ with them at some point.... Cheers, (Pharma) Nick Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2018, at 09:52, Jeff Aylesworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > FOUND a plasma globe!!! > > Unfortunately only 3 tubes in the whole case showed any activity like this > video we took: > https://youtu.be/wrd98JrAmB4 > > The other tubes didn't do anything at all. > > 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 [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/446e9bc8-dd51-4ed6-be03-94c047e238e9%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/7D854914-6457-4B9C-8643-32D5143CE528%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
