I have run into a few tubes like this.
I was lucky enough to have been able to dislodge them. I believe you’re right in that it must have been in shipping as the seller of one of them actually took a video of the tube working and had lit each segment prior to shipping. Similar to Pete’s and Kevin’s solution, I smacked the tubes against my sons hard cover math book (instead of wood). I remember the first tube being very easy on the first hit. The last tube was so hard that I remember giving in and thinking…. If I break it I break it. It eventually sprung loose as well. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of petehand Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 12:02 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971 "Repair" I have. I had a similar problem and cured it by rapping the tube face down, hard, on a wooden board. The crossed segments sprung apart. I figured it must have been mechanical shock that crossed them to begin with so another shock might separate them. I'm not recommending it, just saying it worked for me. Of course there's a chance of breaking the tube, but you can't use it the way it is anyway. Strike it square so that a large surface area hits and you don't get stress concentrated on a small area. On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:26:16 PM UTC-8, Jeff Walton wrote: Has anyone successfully "repaired" a B7971 where there is a mechanical short between two segments? -- 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/f8822d13-f1cb-43a8-ad00-bcdb09cb72db%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f8822d13-f1cb-43a8-ad00-bcdb09cb72db%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . 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/000001d4a05e%24fd281720%24f7784560%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
