[neonixie-l] HV capacitor

some time.   On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 3:59 PM alb.001 alb.001 < alb...@sympatico.ca> wrote: I have a brand new 10 Kv 1200 pf capacitor, just took it out of it's package. Does a

[neonixie-l] HV capacitor

I have a brand new  10 Kv 1200 pf capacitor, just took it out of it's package. Does anyone have a use for this. About 1 1/2 inch diameter and about 7 inches long.  Looks like it is a ceramic device.   one only.  Does anyone have a use for this thing ?Thanks  Pharma Phil --

[neonixie-l] best method for pin cleaning?

I use a 3M diamond abrasive plastic film which you can get in finess down to 1 micron.  I use a 10 Micron one for very fine gentle sanding of things like nixie pins.  It is slow but effective.   Coarser versions would work faster.  Pharma Phil -- Original Message --

[neonixie-l] interesting eBay photo update

Did anyone notice that eBay has switched from photos that are j-pegs to images as HTML documents.   You can no longer copy the images for your own files.   Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: martin martin Date: March 4, 2021 at 9:22 AM

[neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

Back in the 1970's when the electronics magazines provided full and half sizes photos of PCB's for the articles, I developed my own way of laying out PCB's.  I photocopied the printed PCB full size, taped it onto the copper side of a single or double sided PB  board, and used a Dremel with

[neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

Yohan   sorry for misspelling your name. Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Yohan Park Date: January 23, 2021 at 7:10 PM Phil, sorry I'm getting back at this but I think you're seriously overdriving these NE-2 bulbs. Even the high brightness

[neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

Tohan  I was taught to use 47 K resistors for NE-2 on 110 volts AC when I started back in 1975.   My lamps may be  NE-2 probably - I bought them in bulk at surplus stores and they are unmarked. I have had 8 running in my house since 1987 and none show any signs of darkening and I cannot

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Lighted switches.

sorry   I wire the neon lamp across the two terminals on the switch ( only works with one-way switches ) Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Yohan Park Date: January 16, 2021 at 10:31 AM The live and neutral terminals that go to the light? There

Re: [neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

that should say 4x 5 K-ohm resistors sorry  Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: "alb.001 alb.001" Date: January 15, 2021 at 7:52 PM I make my own lighted switches... I connect NE-2 lamps with a 20 K-ohm resistor at both ends of abou

[neonixie-l] Lighted switches.

I make my own lighted switches... I connect NE-2 lamps with a 20 K-ohm resistor at both ends of about 8 inches wire, drill a small hole in the switch face plate and push the end of the lamp thru just a little  and hot melt glue it in place. If the face plate is white, you can just glue the

[neonixie-l] What's the largest neon bulb commercially available?

I think US made  Aerolux tubes with a variety of flowers etc is in the same concept - just screw them in and turn on the AC 120 Volt power. Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Yohan Park Date: December 29, 2020 at 2:14 PM That's what I meant with

Re: [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!

did you notice that he hiked the price from $18 ( each for first 20 sold )  to $35 now Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Richard Scales Date: December 7, 2020 at 3:23 AM Anyone looking for SP-101's could try here: #S2T5

Re: [neonixie-l] Safe handling of tubes containing Krypton 85

I have a few as well in the original packaging.   I find them at flea markets and antique shows. All of the sellers are unaware of their radioactivity.  I paid $2 for each. I have also found some old pharmaceutical products such as corrosive sublimate pills ( contain mercuric salts ) which

Re: [neonixie-l] Lectrascan Unit

probably no use to anyone.  It's been on eBay a long time now without any takers.  It's just a shell and belongs in the garbage. Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Michail Wilson Date: December 2, 2020 at 2:58 AM Anyone have

Re: [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!

How difficult would it be to redesign the display boards to us  SP-353   3-digit panaplex displays ?   I still have some of those Thanks  Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Richard Scales Date: November 10, 2020 at 10:10 AM Thank you. I

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Who is interested in IN33?

I am in Brampton Ontario.    When I ship packages the big video display in the post office states that all delivery times are no longer in effect.  I tried tracing a package sent to Toronto - only 50 Km and CanadaPost.ca web-site says it will take 5 days but then purchaser wrote back to tell

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Source for Panaplex displays

would be interested in 12.     Thanks;     -Bill-     From: alb.001 alb.001 Sent: Sunday, September 06

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Source for Panaplex displays

Thanks.    Actually, you wrote correctly.  I simply misread it.   I’d like to get 24 of them.   Michail Wilson 206-920-6312   From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of alb.001 alb.001 Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 7:44 PM To: neonixie-l

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Source for Panaplex displays

?   Michail Wilson 206-920-6312   From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of alb.001 alb.001 Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 11:20 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Source for Panaplex displays   I have a fair number

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Source for Panaplex displays

I have a fair number of brand new in factory trays of Beckman SP-353  3 digit 1/2 inch displays at $10 each  if anyone is interested.  I individually test them with my derma-wand to make sure they are neon filled and have never found a bad one. Thanks and my apologies for anyone who is

Re: [neonixie-l] help identifying a Nixie PC board

Mark  I guess that the board finally arrived.   I am very pleased that you have it.  Your PayPal payment was more than generous.  I hope you get the frequency counter working again.   I am pleased to have been able to help a fellow nixier.  I wonder if this was the last factory sealed

Re: [neonixie-l] help identifying a Nixie PC board

, as the numbers are different, but the traces and layout are certainly the same as yours. The numbers in mine are 85-1398-2, 041373 and 033073. All ICs are socketed. Nixies are NL-950S and there is also a neon lamp. Can't remember where it came from.Marcelo from Patagonia.El 3/7/20 a las 17:20, alb.001 alb

Re: [neonixie-l] help identifying a Nixie PC board

Bingo...  we have a winner.  Thanks for all your help.  Board is a Heathkit frequency counter display and drivers board. Thanks for all your help.  Does anyone have a use for this board ? Pharma Phil -- Original Message --From: jörg Date: July 4, 2020 at 9:29 AMFound

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What is this HV gadget?

just search on eBay for  portable neon tester  and you find the same item for around  $14 Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Terry S Date: June 28, 2020 at 7:03 PM I have one, I bought it for testing neon sign tubes. I leave it in my

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

-- From: "alb.001 alb.001" Date: May 27, 2020 at 11:00 PM I still have some GE silent mercury wall switches still in original packaging.  I also have a plastic bottle with about 5 pounds of pure mercury which I used to play with. Pharma Phil -

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:00 PM Mac Doktor < themacdok...@gmail.com> wrote: On May 27, 2020, at 11:53 AM, alb.001 alb.001 < alb@sympatico.

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

driving at speed. Watch out !!   Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: Mac Doktor Date: May 27, 2020 at 8:00 PM On May 27, 2020, at 11:53 AM, alb.001 alb.001 < alb@sympatico.ca> wrote:  I wa

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

The high school I went to in the 1960's was refurbishing the chemistry lab and they simply discarded all the bottles of chemicals into waste bins in what was the playground behind the school.  I looked thru the bins and took many jars of chemicals home including red mercuric oxide. When I got

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Help with mysterious part

My  Wang Labs calculator has a core plane memory for programs.  When it did very long calculations, it could be turned off at the end of the day. The next day, you turn it on and a red lamp turns on to remind you that it is still in the middle of a calculation and continues until a result was

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Help with mysterious part

Early core plane memories were made by women weavers. Later, IBM developed a machine to make them - much faster to produce and way cheaper. Pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: gregebert Date: May 20, 2020 at 6:08 PM As best I can tell, it

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shipment delays from Ukraine

I bought a fan at a liquidation store once that sold freight lost merchandise.  Inside the box was the original invoice from Walmart  with the purchasers information.  I sent her an e-mail.  She replied that it was declared lost in shipping and Walmart replace it about 8 months ago. Lost in

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

good for you fixing a vintage microwave.   Mine is also an oldie - an engagement gift pre 1986.  All of a sudden the timer countdown works but no microwaves being generated.   I asked a friend who told me to check all the micro-switches and sure enough they were all heavily pitted from

Re: [neonixie-l] clock with Sperry SP-151

if you can remove the displays from the board, I would try holding a small high voltage high frequency AC source near them and see if the neon turns on  - you do not need to touch the pins to this high voltage  ( I use my trusty  DermaWand  ) hope this help Phrama Phil --

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Discovered an old advertisment

there is a seller on eBay from France with a whole garden shed full of  Styrofoam boxes of B-7971  nixies.  He puts them up whenever he feels like it.  He does take great photos of them   but I could never afford his prices. Pharma Phil -- Original Message --

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Have you seen these neons on Amazon?

the photo of the energized lamp shows orange neon-like colour  so probably neon gas content includes some argon which generates UV to activate the phosphor coating.  I purchased a large number of similar bulbs with 2 inch leads from the former Active Surplus in Toronto.  Electronic Goldmine

[neonixie-l] Displaying unused tubes

beware of some foam materials which are acidic and corrosive.  I kept a few DIP devices from the 1970's and early 1980's which were stored in the conductive black foam used with static sensitive devices.  All the pins which were in this foam material have disintegrated and sadly the IC's are 

RE: [neonixie-l] Nixie Calculator Bundle...

I have one with the keyboard and the spark erosion printer.  It uses a core plane non-volatile memory.  If you programmed a lengthy calculation, you could just switch it off at the end of the work day. The next day when you turned it back on a red lamp indicating that it was still calculating

[neonixie-l] my way of Testing Nixies

Cheap HV power supply method : I built my own HV power supply for testing nixies.  Look around at second hand or thrift type stores for a single use camera with flash and manual film advance with a single or two AA batteries    Ones with a neon ready light are best  These have a 330 volt DC

[neonixie-l] noisey clock

Some people are very sensitive to humming and ticking sounds especially at night. Back in the 1070's I bought an Accutron wrist watch with the tuning fork time base.  At night the humming was loud enough that I put it in drawer on the far side of my bedroom.   My first LED clock has always

[neonixie-l] vintage calculators

My first  calc. was a 4-function Rapid-Man from Eaton's Canada.  It cost me about $150 back in 1970  and I continued to use it at work in the pharmacy of the old Brampton Peel Memorial Hospital  - it was the first electronic calculator in the whole hospital - administration was too cheap to

[neonixie-l] pins on right of Homebrew clock at the auction.

They look like part of the heat sink for the orange device  (a rectifier maybe  ??)Pharma  Phil -- Original Message -- From: martin martin Date: January 1, 2020 at 11:28 PM What are those pin shapes on the right side?

[neonixie-l] Heathkit Panaplex Clocks

one runs correctly, the 24 hour version runs fast thanks for the insights Phil B. -- Original Message -- From: "'jf...@my-deja.com' via neonixie-l" Date: November 18, 2019 at 9:57 AM Do they both run fast? Designs that simply count the mains

[neonixie-l] Question about Heathkit Panaplex Clocks

I bought two different models of Heath Kit clocks with flat planar neon displays.    They were both plugged into two outlets on the same AC extension cord and then the extension cord was plugged into a wall receptacle.   One runs as 24 hour clock, other one is a 12 hour clock   After a few

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Open to suggestions !

I buy these old digital analog clocks at Good-Will  Sally-Ann  etc. shops and repurpose just like this to hold my own clocks.  Easy, to do and cost little to buy  - I pay $7-10 for one, remove all the guts and just use the glass dome and base.  Small controllers may actually fit into the base

Re: [neonixie-l] Re-plating tube socket pins, anyone have some experience?

I used to have a product made for gold flashing silver flatware  - spoons forks, bowls etc. You just poured it into the spoon or cup etc. and in a few minutes it had a thin gold plating. You then poured off the solution and could save it for later re-use.  I don't remember the brand name.  

[neonixie-l] My Wang calculator Re: Computer History Museum - San Jose CA

I bought a Ontario government surplus Wang calculator system which had a keyboard with nixie display of results, the logic unit with core plane memory in a small suitcase which went underneath the desk and a large printer which used aluminized paper and "printed" using spark erosion on the

[neonixie-l] selling on eBay B8091's

I learned my lesson long ago.  As soon as a buyer pays for a sale, I immediately transfer the money to my bank and then I complete the transaction..    If there is a complaint, PayPal asks me to put money back in my account so that they can freeze it..  I never do it.   Their investigations

[neonixie-l] protecting sellers NOT on eBay ! B8091's

A buyer complained after delivery was slow so PayPal froze my account and a few days later refunded his money  as they had "investigated" .  When I took this up with Canada Post, they said that they do not investigate surface mail delivery  (buyer refused to pay for air mail with tracking to

[neonixie-l] ?? Really ??

When I view it, it states  shipping  US$25 woldwide -- Original Message -- From: Mac Doktor Date: July 9, 2019 at 6:45 PM On Jul 9, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Mark Moulding < urros...@att.net> wrote:

[neonixie-l] how do I download these Papers on Trochotrons 1948, 1954

I tried on Win 7 computer  to download as a PDF file but only get book cover   I can slowly go from page to next page but no functionality to download a PDF from dropbox.  Any help appreciated Thanks Phil -- Original Message --From: 'Grahame' via neonixie-l Date: July

[neonixie-l] appraised value vs replacement value Nixie collection insurance?

Beware of appraisals for "insured value"  vs real world replacement costs.  Many appraisers inflate an insurance appraisal making an item seem worth more than present replacement cost.  You insurance rider will be based on a percentage of the appraised value. I always try to get an appraisal

[neonixie-l] eBay feedback...

I had a situation where the winner never paid and never received the item then a day later he left negative feed back that I misrepresented it and that it was broken ( how would he know?)   Anyway I contacted eBay and asked if they would remove the false malicious feed back in view of him not

[neonixie-l] not really Good Source for Nixies, Numitrons and other goodies

If you look  they list a large number with data sheets and pin-outs  but most have been sold out a long time ago.  I wish they still had more. Phil B  -- Original Message -- From: martin martin Date: May 24, 2019 at 12:44 PM

[neonixie-l] pictures blocked ?? Re: IN-28's in real life...

I tried clicking on one of the links then deleted the =... at the end of the URL but Google still blocks viewing.  Could you just add them to a copy of your email. Thanks Phil -- Original Message -- From: Tyler Bourne Date: May 23, 2019 at 12:24 PM

[neonixie-l] salvaging LED's light bulb teardown

I have some lighting strips 18-24 inches long with white LED's that were the backlight for large screen TV's. Electronics Goldmine also sells they )  I noticed that they had some small holes in the pc board material and power connections at the end. Since they are so thin and light I mounted

[neonixie-l] tiny neons source for colon separators

CAUTION high voltage information : If you look around for single-use cameras with flash tube on the upper front which are made for weddings etc - I find them at resale stores such as  Good Will or Salvation army etc.for a dollar  - I press and hold down the flash button on the front of the

Re: [neonixie-l] Lot's of high priced B7971 from France...

I remember this seller from a few years ago on eBay  had a storage locker full of these.  He used to show them on what looked like his back porch back then.  He had thousands of them Phil from Brampton -- Original Message -- From: Shaun Merrigan Date: April 15,

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Duracell power bank

You don't need to go all the across the ocean. I bought a 10,000mAh power bank, USB rechargeable with battery status indicator for about $15 from a store in Toronto..  It was a promotional product for intuit QuickBooks.  No brand name on it but it has an item number 7121-18WH on the back. 

[neonixie-l] re warantee on unproven products

I have a set of a ratchet driver and sockets that were sold by the largest department store in Canada - Eaton's  which offered a lifetime warrantee on this product.  I still use it but store is long gone - just like Sears    there is no warrantee service available any more.  Giving a 15 year

[neonixie-l] How dangerous is 150V - 170V DC?

I was taught that anything over about 40 volts  either AC or DC  should be avoided.   Saying that I have been zapped by the 340 volts of a camera flash capacitor strong enough to make me jump  but watched in fascination as I drew a spark from cold cathode power supply to my finger tip  which

Re: [neonixie-l] NL5441A / B5441A needed to replace damaged tubes from home theft. Source?

I think they are just "fishing" for e-mail addresses and probably don't really have any stock -- Original Message -- From: Ulysses Balis Date: January 14, 2019 at 1:42 PM Hi Robert, So sorry to hear of your

[neonixie-l] GM tube for : Old Russian Beta Radiometer

Electronics Goldmine in Denver Co  also has a vast assortment of Russian GM tubes and full and semi kits for implimenting them. good luck  pharma Phil -- Original Message -- From: GastonP Date: December 12, 2018 at 8:11 AM There are lots of

[neonixie-l] Reasonable quality step-up converter?

This Krieger is an up/down bi-directional converter.  I have one made in Korea, also up/down  converter   and it only contains a large toroidal transformer and I suspect this one is also just a large transformer in a box and unlikely to have any solid-state conversion going on. especially

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Reasonable quality step-up converter?

where in Canada are you  ?   I have several quite big heavy duty ones.  check for any  hamfests   ( just google that term)  in your area - often there are many available there because they were used to run CB type radios etc. It's an amateur electronics style flea market.   I am in Brampton

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: "Keep Alive" Circuit

Back in the late 1970's I built a clock with 12 volt AC input power supply. I installed a small 12 volt rechargeable battery on the clock after the rectifier bridge and smoothing capacitors ( I used tantalum capacitors)  for backup of the clock IC.  I built a small circuit using a reed relay

[neonixie-l] my first calculator

I remember buying my first calc. Made for Eatons dept. store in Toronto Canada.   4 functions 8 digits klixon-type keys ( metal disk flexes to make to pc board contact ).  With AC adapter it cost almost $180 ! I used it until the early 1980's for my hospital pharmacy job because the hospital

[neonixie-l] re Comercial posts

I don't mind an occasional post - say once monthly at most seems fine to me.  Many of the newbies would like to be aware of newer devices and products.   How about a post that your site is updated with new ideas or products and a link that takes us there. The moderators could keep watch that

[neonixie-l] Opinions on this inverter transformer for prototyping NIMOs

Turns ratio 260...   1 Volt AC in gives about 260 Volts AC out - without rectifyers etc.   Need to be very low on the AC in or you will get excessive HV out    states it is for devices using much higher voltage.  -- Original Message --From: John Rehwinkel

[neonixie-l] another Nixie tester 26 In18 Tubes

I use a commercial product made for women's complexion, sold on shopping channel - I bought mine at a Goodwill store  called a Derma-wand  seems to generate adjustable (not sure voltage or current) which has a glass tip I hold up to the glass envelope of a nixie and causes several or all the

[neonixie-l] not available 'Omnixie' Smart Wifi Nixie Clock released

Mouser page shows  0 in stock  expected delivery of first batch is middle of June -- Original Message -- From: Tomasz Kowalczyk Date: March 17, 2018 at 3:31 AM Thanks for confirmation. I was recently researching

[neonixie-l] visualizing the radiation from Radioactive clock

I have bad floaters in my right eye   related ?? -- Original Message -- From: Paul Andrews Date: March 16, 2018 at 4:35 PM How's the eye? On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 4:18:58 PM UTC-4, philthepill wrote:

[neonixie-l] visualizing the radiation from Radioactive clock

When I was a teen-ager in the 1960's I bought a radiation experimenters kit which had a small device which looked like a watch-makers eyepiece except it had a screen in the front which fluoresced under radiation. It was called a spinarthroscope.  The kit included a small piece of uranium ore. 

[neonixie-l] Radioactive clock

Many of the workers who painted the watch hands etc died of radiation poisoning in the early 20th century.  Marie Curie who discovered radium also died of radiation poisoning. -- Original Message -- From: "SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F." Date: March

[neonixie-l] How to mount IN-9 tubes

Use a black backer board   ( you can spray paint some pc board with black spray paint ) then use black thread - I use black silk suture thread to support them. Almost invisible and very strong but with some give if needed. Phil -- Original Message -- From:

[neonixie-l] My story Story Time: How you got to the nixie hobby?

   My story as as follows When I was young I lived near Brunswick Ave and Bloor St in Toronto Canada.  There was a fried chicken place on the corner which closed and was replaced by a frozen yogurt place.   They had a sign made up using B7971 tubes which said " sorry, out of

[neonixie-l] doing it yourself mason jar numitrons

I agree about building and programming your own project. I went to a local "makers-fair"  where a bunch of young people buy various modules and plug them together.  Yes they get a working product but they have no clue how to manufacture any one of the modules they use. This is a charming

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-12A new or used?

are the digit faces clean or marked. do they light up properly.   if they were cheap enough ( less than a dollar apiece - I got 25 from a Kijiji seller for $1 each Canadian with local pick up that were all new !) I wouldn't worry too  much about the sides. MTCW  Phil --

beware of shipping ! [neonixie-l] re: 6 - B7971 tubes

Shipping is via E-Bay global shipping  and we have heard about their examination/destruction of nixie tubes with no recourse to the seller. For what it's worth.  -- Original Message -- From: Ulysses Balis Date: October 12, 2017 at 4:51 PM

[neonixie-l] Hazzardous products and Global Shipping

I had an auction on E-Bay USA. They canceled my auction for a special low temperature thermometer because it contained mercury and thalium which they declared as hazardous and not shippable by any approved methods.   How did it get to me from England if it was not possible to ship it ? I live

[neonixie-l] receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began this was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send a letter to a person in another country ( and their postal system).   So most of the countries of the world got together and signed the declaration of the

[neonixie-l] bleeding off HV Is it bad to turn neon light on and off by wall outlet?

I always build high voltage devices with a double pole double throw switch so that one pole controls power while the other pole puts a 10 K resistor across the HV supply to bleed it off  when device is turned off.  Never been buzzed this way. -- Original Message --

[neonixie-l] Manufacturing affordable large, new nixie tubes

At about $25  I would buy at least 12 to start.  A serial factory built ISO qualified product would get lots of interest just to compete with the Russian suppliers who obviously have vast stores of ( now overpriced) older by the day nixies. My 2 cents worth Phil B --

[neonixie-l] checking for radiation Radioactive Nixies - Study

Electronic Goldmine has lots of Geiger Counter kits and G-M tubes for sale,  Join their e-mail list and you get notification of new products and sales - at least monthly you will find a deal on radiation detecting kits or parts. I have no relation to the company just a regular user. Phil

[neonixie-l] not really a numitron NumiQueen IV-13 clock review

these are light-pipe grain of wheat lamp type displays no truly Numitrons -- Original Message -- From: Mike Mitchell Date: February 14, 2017 at 8:02 AM  

[neonixie-l] my version of nixie tube testing device...

My supply only generates about 320 volts dc, it uses a miniature one turn 100 Kohm variable resistor for current limiting and I put 2 leads with 0.1mm post sockets at the ends to push onto tube leads. Uses as I said either 1 1/2 volt or 3 volts as 1 or two AA or AAA batteries (comes in two

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube testing?

cold cathode tube power supply  ie for fluorescent cold cathode tubes puts out close to 1000 volts  of pulsed current. I would not try it.  I have an easy way of making portable 1.5-3 volt battery powered handheld nixie tester which I have used for years but the group thought it was silly. 

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Troubleshooting a mux'd clock

I have a nixie tester that I bought at a Goodwill store. There  are several shopping channel type sites which sell something called a derma-wand. It is AC powered and has a glass tip filled with neon which women use on their faces to improve their complexion.  It generates high frequency high

Re: [neonixie-l] First nixie clock

I think we should crown you as the new king of point-to-point wiring.  The clock looks great regards Phil -- Original Message -- From: newxito Date: September 26, 2016 at 5:18 PM Hi, I’m new in the forum. I’ve finally managed

[neonixie-l] I agree with the Rant - eBay Sucks ! Shipping Calculator

I sold some cables recently and it clearly stated shipping to USA lower 48 states was $20.  The buyer showed me the invoice he got from eBay and it indicated "shipping free".  The buyer refused to pay shipping and wanted to cancel the sale. I bit the cost and lost money on the transaction.   

[neonixie-l] Re: chep 5v supplies

Why not use a USB-output wall wart made for charging phones and other devices. You can find them at Goodwill, SallyAnnes and many second hand stores for  $1-3. They will be UL, CSA and often universal 110-220v 50/60 hz AC input and 5V output up to 2000mA. Just make slot thru-holes on your

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: FS: IV-4, IV-12, IV-17, IV-26

I would like to buy 6 new IN-14  cost + shipping to Ontario, Canada ?? Thanks Phil -- Original Message -- From: Yuriy Ovchinnikov Date: May 28, 2016 at 10:13 AM Actual list: Chip K155ID1 – 60 pcs. for $1 IV-1

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Talk about shipping issues to Europe!!!

My sad experience shipping to France from Canada.  Fellow bought my Sony lap-top on eBay  but would only pay for surface mail shipping ( I warned him it could take 6 weeks, he wanted cheapest shipping). About 2 weeks later he launched a dispute with PayPal that he never got the item. PayPal

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: FS: IV-4, IV-12, IV-17, IV-26

I am interested in the IN-14    nixies (6-8 pieces)    are they new old stock or used? Thanks Phil -- Original Message -- From: Yuriy Ovchinnikov Date: May 14, 2016 at 3:49 PM Actual list: Chip K155ID1 – 60 pcs.