Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

It was me asking for the Pete Hand FLW clock documentation... I thought you had passed away as well. Wasn't a bunch of your stuff sold on ebay? One of the sellers sold me a clock with tubes and said they were one of your relatives selling your old clocks and tubes??? Geesh I can't spell this

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

It was me asking for the Pete Hand FLW clock documentation... I thought you had passed away as well. Wasn't a bunch of your stuff sold on ebay? One of the sellers sold me a clock with tubes and said they were one of your relative selling you old clocks and tubes??? Bill On Saturday,

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

Pete, As I recall, part of the thread involved someone wanting documentation of your 4LW clock. Specifically the instructions for operation. I looked through what you sent me some years ago, but I don’t have that part of the literature either. I have not built the clock yet. I need to buy 1

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

Oh, yes indeed. Reports were greatly exaggerated. Thank you for remembering me. I glance at the digest most days, though I missed the one about my demise. I seldom post because I haven't done a nixie device in several years now. Retirement has turned out to be an altogether busier place than I

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

I have one of their square watches. I also have experience repairing one of them. It had a very poor quality lead trimming and soldering job on the tubes. The square watch has a seriously dim display. You can't see it well at all in the daytime, even indoors. I suppose the huge power transformer

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

Pete -- a few months ago a post appeared here that implied you had passed on -- I assume the reports of your death were greatly exaggerated? Glad to see you are still with us. Terry On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 6:28:59 PM UTC-6 petehand wrote: > I've made half a dozen IN16 clocks. The only

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

I've made half a dozen IN16 clocks. The only one that failed is the 10 hours '1' cathode on my Altoids tin clock, which has gone open circuit. The '0' and the '2' still work, in 24 hour mode. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

I had a lot of IN-16's leakusually a couple months after using them. They'd glow a little brighter then done. Not sure if there was a specific batch that was more prone to this than others, but they have a reputation from others I've spoken too... On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:23 PM Dekatron42

Re: [neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

In what way are IN-16's flaky? Short life span (no mercury?), prone to shorts and/or cathode poisoning or what? I've been thinking of using them but never got around to it. /Martin On Friday, 19 November 2021 at 23:08:51 UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: > IN16's are some of the flakiest nixies I've

[neonixie-l] Japanese Nixie Watch

A few years ago I noticed that pretty much all the IN16s appearing on Ebay were being bought by a Japanese customer, in lots of 1000. I wondered when they would reappear. Tokyo Flash