There must be hundreds of that design out there. I personally sold more
than 100 kits of one kind or another and the Jeff Thomas version used the
same circuit. I've used it with regular nixie tubes as well as B7971s, and
I've never heard of one failing.
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This info affects all clocks in Europe that derive their timebase from the
50 Hz AC frequency.
Last week I noticed my 20+ y.o. Sony Digicube was runnng late: we had
adjusted +4 minutes in a week. What bite my curiosity was that the 9 y.o.
microwave oven clock had the same delay. Initially I
Same here in Zagreb, Croatia. I have 30 year old noname LED bedside clock
which was suddenly late. At instant I had a thought of using this as excuse
for SWMBO for building orange glow one instead...
On 8 March 2018 at 09:27, Paolo Cravero wrote:
> This info affects all
Am I the only one who thinks the slot machine effect is much nicer to see
than this alternative? However, I am on-board if this actually helps
longevity.
The slot machine effect is usually what gets non-nixie folks excited about
the display. It's the "blinky-lights gets the attention" effect.
I wanted to design a clock that would sit under my main monitor, and so I
didn't want it to be distracting while still maintaining good tube life. I
prefer my neon to be calm :)
The slot machine effect is still perfectly valid for those that don't mind
having the clock flash obnoxiously every
I agree Keith, it’s eye candy so I quite like the slot machine effects and
similar. You don’t need it every other minute, once every ten minutes or so
seems fine to me.
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> I wanted
These look like hand-made test tubes. On the back it says МАКЕТ(MAKET, duh)
which translates to "MOCKUP" or "SAMPLE".
The stems are definitely hand-crushed, and the bases are very crooked. Red
paint... maybe they were going after the western look originally, but
decided otherwise for the final
Has anyone ever seen these before? http://www.ebay.com/itm/183111928799
Cheers
Jens
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I have a number of fine grid IN-8 tubes but the ebay models look crude by
comparison. If memory serves correctly, mine are 1969 and 1970 date codes.
Original message From: jb-electronics
Date: 3/8/18 4:34 PM (GMT-06:00) To:
Also I think these have the upside-down 2 as a 5, contrary to what the
auction description says. Jens
On 3/8/2018 4:14 PM, Jeff Walton wrote:
I have a number of fine grid IN-8 tubes but the ebay models look crude
by comparison. If memory serves correctly, mine are 1969 and 1970
date codes.
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