This style tube is often available on the internet as well as the auction site.
https://www.langrex.co.uk/products/b-5092-a-gn4a-burroughs-nixie-tube-nos-0-9-display-1-piece-lb13/ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266172486541 (same person but ebay) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405036354231 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166831422264 Often as GN4 or GN4A beware the early ones with a semisphere front, they tend to have no mercury, all the ones with just a domed front seem to - if this makes sense!. Like this one:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394846677458 Regards, Andrew On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 12:04:45 AM UTC+1 J Forbes wrote: > 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/7e2626c3-b2ac-400c-bebc-43f2d4087017n%40googlegroups.com.
