That would not prolong its life for more than a few days. The screen is too small, there are no dead areas except between the ticks around the edge. The hands pattern visits the entire screen 24 times in a day. It gets more action at the center, near the hands roots, and that's the section that goes out first, leaving just the tips showing. There is no sign of burning - you can't tell a used tube from a new one by inspection.
On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 9:39:45 AM UTC-7, GastonP wrote: > > A technique that could extend tube life would be to shift the image > lightly in a random way from time to time to even out. > As the deflection is 100% digitally controlled, it should not take much > effort to implement this effect. Just code in a random variable > displacement of the whole image every, say, 10 minutes or so... > > -- 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/e2800808-861f-4cb8-bdd3-5b9fda533007%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
