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Post by Groundhog66 on Apr 16, 2014 12:28:02 GMT -8
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trandy
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Post by trandy on Apr 16, 2014 12:35:03 GMT -8
Badass.
How much are they?
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Post by Groundhog66 on Apr 16, 2014 13:00:44 GMT -8
Badass. How much are they? Have a look HERE.
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normdiaz
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Post by normdiaz on Apr 16, 2014 13:27:10 GMT -8
A caveat on Nixie tubes from Wikipedia:
"Nixie tubes are susceptible to multiple failure modes, including simple breakage, cracks and hermetic seal leaks allowing the atmosphere to enter, cathode poisoning preventing part or all of one or more characters from illuminating, increased striking voltage causing flicker or failure to light, sputtering of electrode metal onto the glass envelope blocking the cathodes from view, internal open or short circuits which may be due to physical abuse or sputtering.
Driving Nixies outside of their specified electrical parameters will accelerate their demise, especially excess current, which increases sputtering of the electrodes. A few extreme examples of sputtering have even resulted in complete disintegration of Nixie-tube cathodes."
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mikeyt
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Post by mikeyt on Apr 17, 2014 17:12:54 GMT -8
I have a nixie tube app on my phone. No worries about tubes degrading there.
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 18, 2014 5:50:23 GMT -8
I have a nixie tube app on my phone. No worries about tubes degrading there. Cool . . . . and thanks. Just got that one for my phone!
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