We've covered INS-1 polarity and flickering/wobbling several times. See https://groups.google.com/g/neonixie-l/c/UdCwngFCi-8/m/zPtUE3D4Qt0J
The dot/arrow is the Anode. Burn in is a good idea. I went through a bag of 100 INS-1, burning in each for 3-4 hours and found only 12 that didn't wobble. I'll try 3-4 days and see if any stabilize. On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 11:49:51 AM UTC-5 Pramanicin wrote: > Michael, thanks for that. I will try that in the future as a pre-selection. > > Nick > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 6:19 AM Robert G. Schaffrath < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was able to buy a box of 100 for $15.99 back in 2019. I noticed that >> the glass color tended to vary from almost clear to dark. in the lot I >> tested a few for a period of time and found, oddly enough, the dark colored >> glass ones seemed to fare better. I only tested about 10 bulbs in total but >> that was a casual observation. I find IN-3's to be much flakier. Sometimes >> they display to the rear. Sometimes the leads below glow. >> >> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 4:18:03 PM UTC-5 Pramanicin wrote: >> >>> Anyone had any issues with INS-1 neons showing moving ionization in the >>> bulb (similar to the same problems you can sometimes see with INS-3 neons)? >>> If so, any pointers on how to mitigate this behaviour? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Nick >>> >> -- >> > 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/552d19db-603e-4620-93f2-a968ea2bc081n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/552d19db-603e-4620-93f2-a968ea2bc081n%40googlegroups.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/0cf9df1d-ddb6-4c9f-8169-42b9f430ebc4n%40googlegroups.com.
