P.S. no affiliation with any of these ! Just used a search engine... On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 9:20:05 AM UTC+1 andybiker wrote:
> 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/0e588759-5971-4ca9-bcc7-28c42993ad26n%40googlegroups.com.
