I had a lot of IN-16's leak....usually a couple months after using them. They'd glow a little brighter then done. Not sure if there was a specific batch that was more prone to this than others, but they have a reputation from others I've spoken too...
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:23 PM Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote: > In what way are IN-16's flaky? Short life span (no mercury?), prone to > shorts and/or cathode poisoning or what? > > I've been thinking of using them but never got around to it. > > /Martin > > On Friday, 19 November 2021 at 23:08:51 UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: > >> IN16's are some of the flakiest nixies I've worked with. Putting them in >> a watch seems a little risky to me on a replacement basis.... >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 19, 2021, at 13:40, petehand <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> A few years ago I noticed that pretty much all the IN16s appearing on >> Ebay were being bought by a Japanese customer, in lots of 1000. I wondered >> when they would reappear. >> >> Tokyo Flash >> <https://tokyoflash.com/products/model-2-nixie-tube-watch?utm_source=Sendy&utm_campaign=2021-11-19&utm_medium=email> >> [image: watch.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/6833947d-7117-4cfc-a1a7-3f1ebdf791e5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6833947d-7117-4cfc-a1a7-3f1ebdf791e5n%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/0bd45024-b8d9-467c-8496-9759982190e3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0bd45024-b8d9-467c-8496-9759982190e3n%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/CAOX%2BRHLyj%2BpZKpNd9U2YjqLCTpjRUjUiiGUG6nJmUpoZTr_8AA%40mail.gmail.com.
