[neonixie-l] Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-26 Thread electrofish
Hello as a relatively new starter with nixie etc I want to buy some IN14s and dekatrons. I am based in the UK and have been looking at UK suppliers with only two that I can find. One is out of stock. I have found some abroad in another EU country, which are much cheaper, but I'm not sure on two

[neonixie-l] Colophony

2013-02-26 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
Liquid flux seems expensive to buy and it comes in tiddly bottles. I bought a solid tin of colophony, eg ebay item 121041198430, dissolved it in Isopropyl alcohol and it seems to make an excellent flux. Lots and lots of it can be made very cheaply. Can the experts tell me if this is a really

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-26 Thread Jon
Hi John, As long as the sender packs them adequately to prevent the glass envelopes breaking, you shouldn't have any problems getting them shipped into the UK. Take a look on eBay to check the prices that you're being quoted are reasonable. There are no import restrictions to the UK which

[neonixie-l] For all tube self-makers

2013-02-26 Thread Dieter Waechter
I have found that at Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=251235692223 Maybe interesting. Also see the list he wrote for future offers. Dieter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[neonixie-l] Re: OG8 dekatrons

2013-02-26 Thread dr pepper
I've played with og3's, I thought they were part argon, I might be wrong though. The only drawback for me was that they need 3 microcontroller pins, or some circuitry to provide the 3 phases to drive them. The brightness of the glow is also a bit less than a neon tube. I had trouble getting the

[neonixie-l] Re: OG8 dekatrons

2013-02-26 Thread threeneurons
| I've played with og3's, I thought they were part argon, I might be wrong though. | The brightness of the glow is also a bit less than a neon tube. There are other gases that glow blue/violet. The only reason, I'm thinking its not argon, is that argon is a larger atom than neon. The color

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-26 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Feb 26, 2:36 pm, Jon dekat...@nomotron.com wrote: As long as the sender packs them adequately to prevent the glass envelopes breaking, you shouldn't have any problems getting them shipped into the UK. Not in the UK, but I've been ordering stuff from former Soviet bloc countries for delivery