I only bought six of them, I have no idea what happened to the others. That was at a store, 15 years ago
On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:21:59 PM UTC-7 Leroy Jones wrote: > 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/63cac692-3a44-46f1-8aa8-9b76a3216d22n%40googlegroups.com.
