Another thing I do is have the clocks on only when motion is detected. I have clocks featuring all the tube types that you have mentioned and their actual 'on' time is probably much less than 1hr a day depending on activity around the house.
Given that segments are switching on and off all of the time anyway - is leaving them off for most of the time a bad thing? ... and if no-one is there to see the clocks - what is the point of having them on? ... or is it something like - if a tree falls over in a forest and no-one is there to hear it - does it make any sound? (My firm believe is that it does!) I know that many will have their B-7971's and ZM1350's running either 24/7 or perhaps off during the small hours only so, in my opinion, my tubes are seeing considerably less action than many which makes me feel that I am making some effort to preserve them as long as possible. Richard On Friday, 15 May 2020 11:08:16 UTC+1, newxito wrote: > > Is it possible to identify a single nixie tube by some unique > characteristics? > Is it possible to detect a nixie tube change in the clock? > I ask because I would like to add some statistic functions to my nixie > clocks. The first thing I would like to add is the total “up-time” of the > clock and the total up-time of the nixies (different because of PIR and > software defined down times). It would be nice to do that for every single > nixie, but I think there is no easy way to do that. > I also want to add an up-time counter to my ZM1350 und B-7971 sockets. > Maybe my favorite nixie manufacturer could add a 30-cent microcontroller > to the base of his great tubes with the serial number, production date and > up-time counter :-) > > -- 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/37a5e64e-627e-4d74-8e6c-350e02ed23c1%40googlegroups.com.
