Trying to reply to the rest of the posts.. but something is deleting my replies as soon as I post them :/
Will try again later. On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 1:00:50 PM UTC-8 Moses wrote: > Michail, > > Thank you for your feedback! I was talking with a friend of mine and we > seem to come to the same conclusion about reliability. The specs seem to > under rate the drive on these tubes, may be one reason they last so long. > > Here is the last clock design: http://neonixie.com/Z57XM6DV2/ > A few groups members here have one. > > Regards, > -Moses > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 8:46:48 PM UTC-8 M1 wrote: > >> I have been making numitron projects. Namely Bitcoin tickers that run a >> live stream of the price (tubes constantly changing digits since the prices >> changes 24 hours a day by the second). So, well over 2000 tubes out there >> and I offer free repair/warranty meaning people are apt to contact me if >> there was a problem. They run 24 hours a day. >> >> >> >> I would say that I have replaced about 15 power supplies (USB). And, >> over that time, I have had to replace 4 tubes (3 customers) as a segment or >> two have stopped working. That said, I have probably replaced a total of >> about 20 tubes, but those other ~16 were damaged (destroyed) in shipping. >> >> >> >> Lastly, I run no cross-fading or ramp up/down technique. All tubes are >> direct drive of either on or off switching. >> >> >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> >> >> Have a link and/or pics to your clock kit? >> >> >> >> Michail >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf >> Of *Moses >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2022 2:27 PM >> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Any interest in IV-9 numitron clock kit? >> >> >> >> Hi Everybody, >> >> >> >> I seem to have enough IV-9 tubes to where I can produce a batch of 100 or >> so 6 digit numitron clocks. Thinking ESP32 powered like my last one (Thank >> you to all those who gave suggestions, the kit came out great!). I'm >> thinking maybe try for a full through-hole solder kit with some shift >> registers. >> >> >> >> I know nixies are more popular.. but anyone interested in a numitron >> clock kit? >> >> >> >> Oh, one question I do have, anyone have long term experience (ie, years?) >> running this particular tube? How do they fare? >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -Moses >> >> -- >> 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/f461a854-20da-49f2-bf35-b8d5f50922cen%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f461a854-20da-49f2-bf35-b8d5f50922cen%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/f6a68f58-4f70-41cc-bd9b-dd858a5a4a9an%40googlegroups.com.
