This is interesting.. Regarding the cathode disintegration - has anyone here actually experienced a cathode disintegration in a tube containing mercury?
On Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 15:44:45 UTC+2 Paul Andrews wrote: > I think it is more of an issue that the same cathode is lit for longer. > I.e each cathode in the seconds position is lit for only 1/10 of the on > time. The 0 or 1 digit in the hours position can be lit for up to 1/2 of > the on time, so it will last only 1/5 as long. One failure mode for the > tubes is that the cathode disintegrates. -- 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/d106af69-1e5e-476c-8392-d2a92e456caan%40googlegroups.com.
