I’ve run one of these for 2 months with no discernible loss in brightness.....maybe a bad batch?
Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2018, at 07:51, Terry S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pete, what would explain the low lifespan? Surely the tube wasn't designed to > last a month. > > Is there some biasing change that would extend the life? Was it maybe > designed only for dark room application where the beam current would be much > lower? > > I just have a hard time understanding such a short lifespan. > > Terry > >> On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:09:56 AM UTC-5, petehand wrote: >> After a couple of weeks the phosphor gets too dim to see in daylight. I know >> it's the phosphor because when I adjusted it to move the ticks to new >> locations where it had never been scanned, they were bright again. I put a >> new tube in and the same thing happened. The phosphor coating is really >> really thin, almost transparent. > > -- > 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/6f38a608-c69a-4b26-8b18-2ff48ce22416%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/2F85C174-645B-4A87-AEE7-37C4C5426BA0%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
