Hello, J. Forbes: Are any of those for sale?
On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 4:17:26 PM UTC-4 Leroy Jones wrote: > I have a clock here built in 2010 that uses 6844A tubes. Those work > great and look very nice but do not have mercury so they have > relatively short lives. But I have had fairly decent service out of > mine. A while back I got some more spares from members here, including > some 5092s. But please do check out 6844 tubes as an option. > > On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 3:55:36 PM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: > >> It's worth the time and effort to find NOS 5092 tubes one-by-one if >> necessary; they are very high quality. I dont know how old your kids are, >> but our son and daughter soldered their nixie clocks so they appreciate >> them more. >> >> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10:35:56 AM UTC-7 J Forbes wrote: >> >>> guess I should have bought more of these back in 2009....sorry.... >>> >>> [image: tubes.jpg] >>> >>> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10:18:10 AM UTC-7 MikeDL wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Years back I designed and built a B-5092 based clock and it's been >>>> working great. I'd like to build a couple more clocks for the kids. >>>> Looking >>>> around for additional tubes it seems the 5092s have gotten much harder and >>>> more expensive and it looks tough to find two sets of six plus some >>>> backups. >>>> >>>> Are the ZM1022s drop-in replacements for the B-5092, or just really >>>> close? >>>> >>>> Any other similar size/shape tubes that people are finding success >>>> with? I can redesign my circuit board if it makes sense to switch to >>>> something like an IN-4 with a lot more backups :-), but that would be less >>>> desirable. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! >>>> >>> -- 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/e17dfc8f-af24-452b-9f5e-6eed60f59f18n%40googlegroups.com.
