I assume you already tried increasing the anode voltage. Also, does it show any kind of fluorescence under black/uv light?
Regards On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 5:41 PM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found out the hard way that magic eye tubes dont last long. > > Back in the 70's I salvaged a 6E5 along with it's unusual socket which has a > built-in resistor and saved for a later date when I found a datasheet and > could hook it up for a future project. There it sat in a junkbox for about 40 > years, until I rediscovered it and was eager to finally light it up. Filament > is fine, yet no glow on the tube face. Such a disappointment. > > I was planning to use it in the center of my alternate big clock which has > green neon bulbs, like it's neon cousin pictured in my google icon that has > traditional orange NE-2s for hands and an A101 dekatron spinning in the > middle. > > Someday when the project backlog clears-up I'll take the 6E5 apart and make > one of these. > > On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 1:24:45 PM UTC-7 M1 wrote: >> >> I thought this was a good idea for those than can’t get eyes. >> >> >> >> https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/magic-eye-tubes-go-solid-state-with-this-plug-in-replacement/ >> >> >> >> >> >> Michail >> >> > > -- > 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/bb422732-761b-43f2-bd68-ef9873498fc4n%40googlegroups.com. -- Adrián Pardini -- 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/CAF3uCZnpKTM5zEFu45dA0sNDAfdwZuH1LwtdtV3pVgtct_Hk7A%40mail.gmail.com.
