this tube indeed contains mercury, though I think normal 5971s do too, the top and bottom horizontal segments are still only one segment each, and the middle vertical line is still only one segment aswell.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:22:07 PM UTC-4 Nicholas Stock wrote: > Are the central or top and bottom segments still continuous in this > version? I could imagine that an 'improved/subsequent' version may copy the > 7971 configuration as the 5971 is only a 13 segment display....IIRC. > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 12:14 PM Audrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have one of these aswell- at least, it was sold as a B-5792, the part >> number is sort of smudged, 2 of these showed up on ebay from the same >> seller recently so I imagine this is the other one, it has the same >> segments as B-5971 tubes as far as I can tell. >> >> On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 10:51:15 AM UTC-4 liam bartosiewicz >> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps it has different electrical characteristics? It looks pretty >>> much identical to a 5971. >>> >>> On Sep 5, 2023, at 7:46 AM, Richard Scales <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, there must be some difference between that and the B-5971 - though >>> what, I don't know. >>> >>> >>> Is it the same in as much as it has the same segments (difficult to tell >>> from your picture) ? >>> >>> - Richard >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 08:45:04 UTC+1 Adam Piórko wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Does anyone know anything about b-5972? >>>> >>>> [image: 20230905_093151.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/73da3b69-7151-4f7f-b339-9e4298e5f828n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/73da3b69-7151-4f7f-b339-9e4298e5f828n%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/c5e0707e-44a6-454b-b8c5-785a8de3cef2n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5e0707e-44a6-454b-b8c5-785a8de3cef2n%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/797cb27c-9539-469b-ba92-7411f1cec339n%40googlegroups.com.
