You might be able to de-poison the '2' by running higher current on it for a few hours.
On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 2:14:15 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > > I had this IN-8 that had the "2" digit not working well. > When replacing it I was thinking it would be a shame to throw it away. I > mean, it's still working for a large part. > So I then got the idea to treat it just like a regular neon indicator and > connect it directly to mains (230V), only using an anode resistor. I always > had this idea in my head to make a neon night light and this seems to fit > in quite well. > I think using digit 1 looks best but of course you can use any digit (or > digits, just make sure the resistor can handle it). The AC current makes > the anode glow as well which is just what I wanted. But if you want to just > light up 1 digit or the anode mesh you can use a bridge rectifier of > course. For me it's okay like this. > Time to make build a nice case around it! > (the picture doesn't really do it justice) > > [image: IN-8-800.jpg] > -- 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/2e60e814-3732-4113-bf94-2f86c69e5a0cn%40googlegroups.com.
