Please be careful using steel wool. Little strands of the wire can get into places that could be fatal to unit itself. I would use some fine emery type paper on the pins. I would first try a contact cleaner such as Deoxit on both the pins and the socket.
Just trying to help... On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 12:46:21 AM UTC-4, threeneurons wrote: > > On Friday, August 17, 2018 at 12:37:16 AM UTC-7, Terry Kennedy wrote: >> >> I have Dekatron DoHickie #1 (January 2007) from Michael Moorrees >> (Tortugascuba on eBay, I believe) which uses a Rodan DK23 tube.... >> > > 1st on my list of possibilities, is a bad connection. That old of a > dekatron dohickie, is not the kit (currently being sold), but original > version, sold as a complete unit: > > [image: DK23_DH05.jpg] > > Try cleaning the tubes pins with some steel wool, and take a small round > file to the socket holes. Try that first, and see what happens. > > -- 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/3b6563ed-ba36-4880-b48a-0458b2946b48%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
