>
> I think Jens is right... usually that means the tubes are hit ie. pretty
> much ruined. I took a bunch of old frequency counters and old mulitmeters
> apart recently and some of them had this condition. I'm sure many stayed
> turned on set on single digits for hours at a time and just
Alex, from what it sounds like it could be so-called "sputtering." This
is when over years of use some of the cathode material (the digits,
which are constantly bombarded by ions) detaches from the digit and
flies around in the tube. Usually it deposits on the inside of the glass
bulb, and
If you could take some pictures that would be helpful.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 9:28 PM alex nolan
wrote:
> This is a nixie tube, specifically a B-5441. It looks like there is some
> trouble getting the cathodes to fully light and it is missing the blue haze
> around numerals that other B-5441s
This is a nixie tube, specifically a B-5441. It looks like there is some
trouble getting the cathodes to fully light and it is missing the blue haze
around numerals that other B-5441s seem to have.
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