It's always sad when a nixie tube dies. How long was it running ? The only Soviet-era nixies I'm using are IN-18, and they are exceptionally good tubes. Consider those for a future project. I have not had any fail yet; my 14-tube clock has been running since 2015.
On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:02:06 AM UTC-8 overdoingism Lab. wrote: > Sad... so I need to replace it. > > But luckily, I used the original plastic sleeves to make the sockets. (use > DIP IC socket pin) > > I just need to replace the tube. ;-) > > Thanks for everyone's explanation. > > overdoingism Lab. 在 2023年1月10日 星期二晚上7:10:23 [UTC+8] 的信中寫道： > >> Hello, >> >> I have a failure nixie tube on my clock, >> But its failure seems a bit peculiar... >> >> It's CCCP IN-14, no over current or voltage. >> [image: nt01.jpg] >> You can see, even the anode grid have some discoloration. >> It's not normal in cathode poisoning, right? >> >> And it's working video: >> https://youtu.be/vGzF316FRBw >> Color is leaning toward purple. >> >> Who can tell me, what happened to it , and is there any way to save it? >> Thanks. >> > -- 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/47e6f1a2-9de5-4ae3-903b-796694c1b5fcn%40googlegroups.com.
