Re: [neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-06 Thread Jon
> Okay not sure about US made but I guess I meant to say not Soviet, and theoretically then more reliable. Actually, if it's reliability you want in high speed dekatrons, then the Rodan ones are probably the best going. Much better in my experience than the US (Sylvania, Raytheon) ones. I'd ex

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-05 Thread Nick Andrews
Yeah in the smaller sizes they are. Try getting the big ones used on older Spectra lasers though! On Fri, May 5, 2023, 3:29 AM Rob B wrote: > That Jones plug is pretty common. E.g., > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/150991620528 > > > On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5:45:14 PM UTC-5 Nick Andrews wrote:

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-05 Thread Rob B
That Jones plug is pretty common. E.g., https://www.ebay.com/itm/150991620528 On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5:45:14 PM UTC-5 Nick Andrews wrote: > Okay not sure about US made but I guess I meant to say not Soviet, and > theoretically then more reliable. I'll open it up this weekend and look.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-04 Thread Audrey
Gorgeous machine, love Rodan tubes. On Thu, May 4, 2023, 6:45 PM Nick Andrews wrote: > Okay not sure about US made but I guess I meant to say not Soviet, and > theoretically then more reliable. I'll open it up this weekend and look. > Need to try and figure out the Jones connector, if it's for

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-04 Thread Nick Andrews
Okay not sure about US made but I guess I meant to say not Soviet, and theoretically then more reliable. I'll open it up this weekend and look. Need to try and figure out the Jones connector, if it's for an external timer or what. On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 5:32 PM Dekatron42 wrote: > Are you sure

[neonixie-l] Re: This little beauty arrived today!

2023-05-04 Thread Dekatron42
Are you sure they are US made Dekatrons, I have a few of this model and they have all been equipped with Rodan Dekatrons made in Japan. The most common failure in this counter is the high voltage electrolytics being poor, high ESR or dried out. No manual unfortunately but it is a very simple de