John, Marcin used to sell (many years ago) a simple tester with flying leads that you could just attach to each cathode (and one for the anode) and it would automagically cycle around the digits or you could manually advance.
All you really need is a 170V DC supply, suitable resistor (8K2 or thereabouts should do for testing purposes) and some leads with alligator clips.... Marcin still sells the 'pro' nixie tester... https://nixietester.com/project/pro-nixie-tester/ However, I've had issues with the potentiometers failing on these (as have others), unless this problem has been solved. A quick eBay search came up with.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-tester-for-all-Nixie-tubes-and-drivers-K155ID1-SN74141-IN-12-IN-18-etc/292197766557?hash=item440858159d:g:-ykAAOSw3uVa0JgY (not my listing etc...). Removing wired tubes is doable, but a PITA, so testing them beforehand is a good idea as you want to do. I've tested used IN14's and have yet to find a dud one, they're very very reliable tubes as far as I can tell. IN16's not so much, they're very troublesome tubes and fail a lot in my experience (as do IN2's...). Wish you luck. Cheers, Nick On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 12:33 PM John Snow <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahh, this is for testing them as they arrive, then shelving them for > future projects. > > I saw Marcin Saj has a few testers, but they seem more for socket-pin > tubes. > > The knobs also don't have settings I can set it to for different tubes, or > a display for the current voltage or 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/49584909-d9e3-4a6e-afab-6dba19b9c980%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/49584909-d9e3-4a6e-afab-6dba19b9c980%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/CAOX%2BRH%2BRz42JKnEc%2BP_3AN9MHupu%3D%2B7d1MAwYQkjvmBJeE7Tew%40mail.gmail.com.
