Just to be sure I understood this correctly, it's around $75 for the first tube each member orders, and $50 for subsequent ones, so if I order 6 pcs, it will be 75+5*50 = $325 + shipping, taxes etc.? Also, do the tubes come with any warranty?
lørdag den 4. januar 2025 kl. 06.26.14 UTC+1 skrev Jeff Walton: > I think that even Dalibor would tell you that he has not perfected the > process. He’s gotten better but keeps discovering little things that make > a big difference in the seals, coatings, glass physics and composition, > contamination issues and gas mixtures. I personally think that there are > things that were learned, “forgotten” and are being rediscovered about the > process of making ultra-reliable tubes. Without mass production and large > demand for the product, the steps for improvement are small and the > reliability is directly proven over time. > > The 7971 tubes are among the most reliable that I have observed in my own > collection of stuff. Remember that those robust tubes are already 50-60 > years old, so the seals have proven that there are reliable combinations of > metal and glass just waiting to be rediscovered and mastered. There are > certainly multiple variations of the 7971 and it seems that all of the > different constructions share a degree of reliability that none of the > smaller Russian tubes ever duplicated. Time will tell how well the tubes > from Dalibor and DuDu Sa will stack up in terms of long reliability. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf > Of *Terry Kennedy > *Sent:* Friday, January 3, 2025 9:25 PM > *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Re: B-87971 tubes > > > > I'd be concerned about the tube lifetime. B-7971's are among the most > robust Nixie tubes I've ever seen, with some hitting 60,000+ hours, just in > the clocks I built. And they were used pulls from stock ticker systems > (there are no real "New Old Stock" 7971's, no matter what anybody says. > > > > Even Dalibor had a run of bad tubes (all replaced under warranty at no > cost) after he had perfected his process. > > > > On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 1:34:51 AM UTC-5 Richard Scales wrote: > > Hello, > I am in discussion with a tube manufacturer regarding the implementation > of a B-8971 replacement tube. > It seems that the idea is fully achievable though I would need to order > 100 units of the first batch in order to make it happen. > Naturally I am asking to see if anyone would be interested in committing > to the purchase of a number of tubes to see if I can get an order for 100 > units together. > Please let me know if you might be interested, the target price for the > first should be close to $75+whatever duties and taxes are applied. > Thereafter the price could get much closer to $50+taxes etc. > Just let me know. > - Richard > > -- > > 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, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bc1fdd08-8314-40cd-b01d-892156b659aan%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bc1fdd08-8314-40cd-b01d-892156b659aan%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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d2bf2338-241e-445b-8ee4-a013c601707bn%40googlegroups.com.
