I have a lot of IV22 VFDs and IV4/17's. The differences in the backgrounds can be quite varied from what I've seen.....I don't think they were particularly bothered by it for their intended use case (behind a filter)?
I'd second your question with regards what to do with duff nixies....over 20 years, I've accumulated quite a few duds that I don't want to just chuck away!! On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 9:32 AM Paolo Cravero <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > Today I received some assorted used IV-6 VFDs and two of them have a blue > background. The lot spans from 1976 to 1992, so I am not surprised there > have been variations in base materials, but I never saw them before as I > haven't got many VFDs (yet). Maybe I am a bit disappointed because I got > only two blue's :) I am wondering how common they are. > > In the same purchase I bet on a lot of IN-16 sold as "for spare", which > are obviously 100% outgassed even if visually intact. Can't raise a > complaint, I've lost a bet, while I was hoping for some cathode poisoning. > Besides smashing a couple under a hammer and testing fall against different > floor materials, has anyone got a clue what do people do with dull Nixies?! > > Paolo > > -- > 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/CABj2VaYuTrp79mhQKj-Ma52PwML75cq6KXgQVT9PKXmp5rwZLQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CABj2VaYuTrp79mhQKj-Ma52PwML75cq6KXgQVT9PKXmp5rwZLQ%40mail.gmail.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%2BRHJiqeJpkgqTTkZNJAfbaF1YiAF2i-PmJt-Boqqv4HCVFg%40mail.gmail.com.
