So the hour tube is poisoned on the digits that it doesn't normally display? That could explain it as they would have sat unused for a long time, and I think that running those digits at a higher current for a while would clear them up.
But to answer your question: No it doesn't matter - i.e. it won't hurt the tube. On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 3:42:10 PM UTC-4, christopher helps wrote: > > I have realised that i must have plugged the tubes into different holders > so the hours went into the minutes etc....does it matter if an hour nixie > is poisoned as it only needs to show three digits?..pic attached > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 8:08:29 AM UTC+1, christopher helps wrote: >> >> Its failing on certain parts of certain numbers. mainly 7,8,9 .i will >> post a pick later >> >> On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:53:03 PM UTC+1, gregebert wrote: >>> >>> Are the tubes fading uniformly, or just in specific locations on the >>> cathode surface ? If it's the entire cathode , I would check the anode >>> supply voltage and also the current-draw on good vs bad tubes >>> >> -- 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/058113b8-896b-4c68-8ee9-561a468485d7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
