Martin - Have you tried measuring the resistance of the pin's corrosion ? Scrape-away the corrosion at one and of the pin, and try measuring at the opposite end with minimum pressure. Might need an analog meter, or at least disable autoranging on a DMM.
I've only seen corrosion on IN-18's and it wasn't enough to affect the tube. On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 5:22:33 PM UTC-7 philthepill wrote: > I use a 3M diamond abrasive plastic film which you can get in finess down > to 1 micron. I use a 10 Micron one for very fine gentle sanding of things > like nixie pins. It is slow but effective. Coarser versions would work > faster. > > Pharma Phil > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> > Date: April 12, 2021 at 11:00 PM > > Martin, i'd use some emory board (nail files) to lightly sand the rust off > of them.....done that with a few tubes myself with no issues. > > Cheers, > > Nick > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 12, 2021, at 19:47, martin martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I had a few Burroughs B5092s sitting around and thought I would build a > little 6 shooter from PV Electronics. I like this model since you can > create your clock using any tubes. You just have to wire them up > multiplexed. > Anyway, I used NOS ceramic sockets but the pins on the Nix's are very > dirty and corroded. > How can I safely clean them? > > Thanks! > > martin > > > -- > 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/308da5ab-3f88-447d-a9f6-b9d52d324cb8n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/308da5ab-3f88-447d-a9f6-b9d52d324cb8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > <IMG_1620.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/F408C9D4-AAD1-4720-9171-6B6A77E1EDB2%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/F408C9D4-AAD1-4720-9171-6B6A77E1EDB2%40gmail.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/a5189a16-e879-4e84-9ebd-c400099a15e0n%40googlegroups.com.
