Side Viewing Nixie Tubes -- Which are considered the best aesthetically?

[Dman777]

Since I am still new at this, I was wondering what the community opinion on which is the biggest and prettiest side viewing nixie tubes. The only one I am really familiar with is the Nixie 12.

[Quixotic Nixotic]

On 21 Jun 2014, at 06:43, Dman777 wrote:

> Since I am still new at this, I was wondering what the community opinion on which is the biggest and prettiest side viewing nixie tubes. The only one I am really familiar with is the Nixie 12.

I vote for GR10J

http://youtu.be/fVFsrleA3pw

John S

[greg...@hotmail.com]

IN-18 tubes are the largest readily-available tubes, and they have properly-formed '2' and '5' numerals. Many of the Soviet-era tubes use the same cathode for '2' and '5', hence they dont appear as aesthetic.

Now, if you have unlimited money, there was a set of four ZM568 tubes on EBay for about $1500 US.....

[Dman777]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies but I think I might of gotten my terminology wrong. I mean the non-top tubes....like the Nixie 12.

[Quixotic Nixotic]

On 21 Jun 2014, at 17:45, Dman777 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the replies but I think I might of gotten my terminology wrong. I mean the non-top tubes....like the Nixie 12.

What is a Nixie 12?

John S

[Dman777]

er....I mean N-12 :)

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On Saturday, June 21, 2014 12:43:33 AM UTC-5, Dman777 wrote:

[Dalibor Farný]

N-12 or IN-12? ;-)

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[greg...@hotmail.com]

OK, top-view tubes.

Burroughs tubes are my absolute favorites for their quality and reliability. Even tubes over 50 years old look great.

5092's are frequently available on ebay; there are usually some available as buy-it-now at a higher price. Sockets are readily available.

6091's have the same electrical & mechanical pinout, and are larger. I rarely see them on ebay, except 2 weeks ago there were 2 of them.

Avoid 5031/5032 tubes; they are not nearly as reliable. I believe those are earlier production models, though they have the same pinout as 5092's.

And by all means, stay away from IN-1 nixies. They are larger, cheaper, and readily available. I tried some in a project last year and I would get a failure every few days (my big clock has 15 tubes)