Wiggling the tube should confirm a poor solder connection. On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 1:09:16 PM UTC-8 Kevin A. wrote:
> Just because there "is" solder doesn't mean that you don't have a cold > solder joint. This board appears to be poorly soldered just from this one > photo. Each through hole should be filled up to the top side of the board. > Get some high quality eutectic solder, apply flux (prerferable water > soluble, such as amtec 4300lf), reflow all the solder joints and add solder > where necessary. This should take 10 minutes and may immediately > yield results. If not, then further steps should be taken to troubleshoot. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 3:57 PM Kyle Mikolajczyk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> They are soldered on the other side of the PCB. Besides there is >> illumination on each digit that is not working. It's just on the bottom as >> seen in the photo. So there is pin contact just fine. >> >> On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 3:44:10 PM UTC-5 Dekatron42 wrote: >> >>> The soldering on the pins looks like it needs a rework, the holes are >>> not filled with solder, try to redo them and see if that changes anything. >>> >>> /Martin >>> >>> On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 18:04:00 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I recently purchased a kit to make an IN-8-2 clock. It has been working >>>> without flaws for almost 2 months. Yesterday the 0 digit stopped working, >>>> and in the photo you can see it is now lighting up only on the floor of >>>> the >>>> tube. This morning, the 1 now went out with same effect. >>>> >>>> What do you think is the cause of this? I do not think it is a driver >>>> as the other tubes are fine. >>>> Any way to salvage the tube? >>>> >>>> [image: IMG_2369.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/b2ce62ca-9fba-40d4-b704-4d82e8e50061n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b2ce62ca-9fba-40d4-b704-4d82e8e50061n%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/08f8c708-ceff-4e40-b8aa-c33c6a3b658bn%40googlegroups.com.
