I've done a bit of experimenting with magic-eye tubes, and the sad fact is they have a rather short lifetime, on the order of a few hundred hours. So if you are making a gizmo with these, buy plenty of spares and minimize the time they are energized.
I'm fairly certain the filament will long outlive the phosphor as long as you limit the inrush current. -- 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/ceec7e20-3db9-45ad-9d64-0d09e72c49c4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
