My Nixie watches use B5870 tubes with flexible wire leads. I use tweezers to form them to the arrangement of the socket and plug them in. I recommend that you solder socket pins into one digit of your clock, and plug each tube into that socket before soldering it in. Better yet, build the clock with sockets of some sort. I could recommend ways of socketing the tubes if I knew the arrangement of the connection, i.e., OC board, perf board or what.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 11:27 AM jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > I like to use "clamp type test probes" for that purpose, they work quite > well and are easier to deal with than alligator connectors. > > Jens > > On 2020-01-30 11:23 a.m., John Snow wrote: > > I have some not-NOS nixies arriving, and they have flying leads instead of > pins - what's the best way to test them prior to soldering them into place? > > I've heard of using a plasma ball to ionise the gas to see if it's still > sealed, but is there a gadget I can buy that clips onto the leads? > > I'd like to check the digits all display before permanently soldering them > into place > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/601af1ca-f5f6-4d6c-aede-77871f42c715%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/601af1ca-f5f6-4d6c-aede-77871f42c715%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b4aba8c5-54d3-8adf-4dcd-a6086f68682a%40jb-electronics.de > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b4aba8c5-54d3-8adf-4dcd-a6086f68682a%40jb-electronics.de?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPbqtvc4Co9TeabVSg167r9Jbg_DcH3-E9hZisVyAeFB3vLBVA%40mail.gmail.com.
