[GreenKeys] ST-6 neon lamp part number

[bill riches]

Saw it on one of the HP lists.  Folks were buying old hp counters with dead
nixies and someone said put them in the sun!

73,

Bill, WA2DVU

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:07 PM <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:

> >set them out in the bright summer sun for a few days and the clock is
> still ticking!
>
> Wonder what made them work again?  And wonder what made you think to try
> that??
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bill riches <bill.riches at gmail.com>
> To: Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net>
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, May 27, 2020 6:48 pm
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] ST-6 neon lamp part number
>
> I purchased a nixie clock kit 10 years ago off of ebay.  Was just the
> board and parts less nixies.  I had a bunch from an old HP counter.  A few
> of the nixies would not fire - set them out in the bright summer sun for a
> few days and the clock is still ticking!
>
> 73,
>
> Bill, WA2DVU
> Cape May
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:11 PM Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys <
> greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> Neon bulbs do not have a getter, so gasses imbedded in the glass can come
> out and contaminate the neon. Atmospheric gasses may diffuse through the
> glass. The neon may embed itself in the crystalline structure of the
> electrodes.� Neon sign tubes must have new electrodes installed and be
> re-evacuated and refilled periodically, usually measured in decades. They
> tend to require this more frequently if they are lit constantly. They are
> very long lived, but not forever.
> ����� Bruce Gentry
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/26/20 4:48 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 May 2020, Duncanancy wrote:
>
> NE-2s generally last forever. I'd check the wiring to it before replacing
> it.
>
>
> What can possibly break down in an NE-2 (apart from mechanical failure of
> the bulb etc)?
>
> -- Dave VK2KFU
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