I just got my first batch of these a few days ago, and I was surprised how little current they require. With all segments lit, the total current was under 7mA including the grid when running at 28.5V.
Well, another clock will have to be made now..... On Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 5:24:38 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > The blue ones I have (and looks like yours as well) also show brass in > some places (top and bottom). I have over 100 assorted IV-6 tubes here and > to me it looks like they're supposed to be brass color but some chemical > reaction has turned them blue. > > On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:32:40 PM UTC+1 Paolo Cravero 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/67e69c6f-4d88-4ef8-b683-4c20a99dc1c5n%40googlegroups.com.
