[neonixie-l] Re: IV tubes

2012-07-06 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Jul 6, 6:33 pm, Tony Adams wrote: > Anyone know of any more?. There's quite a few more types of Soviet / Russian VFDs, especially once you get out of the IV-## numbering format. Dieter's data archive at http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/dat_arch.htm (scroll down to "Russian Tube Factories

[neonixie-l] Re: IV tubes

2012-07-06 Thread Tony Adams
Sorry the IV29 is the large dot, the IV-28 is a flat multi digit 'VCR' type display. On Jul 6, 11:33 pm, Tony Adams wrote: > I'd love to find a few IV-2 tubes, no point in describing them you'll > have to see them :) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA4lsghN4HU > > Others I know of not in that

[neonixie-l] Re: IV tubes

2012-07-06 Thread Tony Adams
I'd love to find a few IV-2 tubes, no point in describing them you'll have to see them :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA4lsghN4HU Others I know of not in that list: IV-19 Top view Numitron IV-28 Large single dot (VFD version of IN-28) Anyone know of any more?. Tony. On Jul 6, 7:51 pm, kay

[neonixie-l] Re: IV tubes

2012-07-06 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Jul 6, 2:51 pm, kay486 wrote: > Hi there, does somebody know what IV tubes are there? I would love to see a > list with pictures or something like that. You could look at http://www.gstube.com/catalog/7 which is a site that seems to be selling tubes. But they have a list of tubes, even ones th

[neonixie-l] IV tubes

2012-07-06 Thread kay486
Hi there, does somebody know what IV tubes are there? I would love to see a list with pictures or something like that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neon

Re: [neonixie-l] INS-1 problems

2012-07-06 Thread Jonathan Peakall
Hi Otto, In my expierence all the old Russian neons have quality issues. Of the INS-1s I have worked with it seems only 1 out of 20 >will glow well for more than a week. These are far better than the IN-3s tho... out of my purchase of 500 only 30 or so >worked as well as NOS American-made cou

[neonixie-l] Re: INS-1 problems

2012-07-06 Thread Dekatron42
Have you "aged" the INS-1's before use? Many neon indicators needs to be "aged" properly before use so the ones not working properly can be removed, you can read about aging neon indicators here: http://www.dos4ever.com/ring/ring.html , scroll down to "More on Neon Tubes" to read about aging,

[neonixie-l] INS-1 problems

2012-07-06 Thread B Otto
Hi Jonathan, In my expierence all the old Russian neons have quality issues. Of the INS-1s I have worked with it seems only 1 out of 20 will glow well for more than a week. These are far better than the IN-3s tho... out of my purchase of 500 only 30 or so worked as well as NOS American-made cou