6-8 Segment Dekatron Clock

[lokn...@gmail.com]

I have been interested in building a dekatron clock with multiple segments to add to another nixie Art-Clock I'm building for my Man Cave. Does anyone know if a kit or Eagle files exist for this. I saw this build at http://www.dos4ever.com/decatron/decatronweb.html . I figured someone would have a kit but nope...Just some cool YouTube videos.... https://youtu.be/pK276xZWyo4

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[Grahame]

I built this a while ago

http://www.sgitheach.org.uk/atomic.html

I'm currently working on a new dekatron clock design using 7 dekatrons but it will be a while before it is available.

Grahame

On 23/12/2018 21:23, lokn...@gmail.com wrote:

I have been interested in building a dekatron clock with multiple segments to add to another nixie Art-Clock I'm building for my Man Cave. Does anyone know if a kit or Eagle files exist for this. I saw this build at http://www.dos4ever.com/decatron/decatronweb.html . I figured someone would have a kit but nope...Just some cool YouTube videos.... https://youtu.be/pK276xZWyo4

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[lokn...@gmail.com]

Very cool...

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[MarekB]

7 dekatron clock - it sounds great.
Marek

[Mike Mitchell]

On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 4:23:55 PM UTC-5, Collin Smith wrote:

I have been interested in building a dekatron clock with multiple segments to add to another nixie Art-Clock I'm building for my Man Cave. Does anyone know if a kit or Eagle files exist for this. I saw this build at http://www.dos4ever.com/decatron/decatronweb.html . I figured someone would have a kit but nope...Just some cool YouTube videos.... https://youtu.be/pK276xZWyo4

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Thanks for the reference to the video of my clock.  It has been in operation for over four years.

A photo of the hand-drawn schematic is here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!topic/neonixie-l/cqJVeHkSihE/nWvGNPE6jD8J

I had problems with the lifespan of the SZ-8 Nixies, so I switched to ZM1022.  No problem so far!

I also had problems with the Dekatron zero cathode in the tens-of-hours position.  It's on for eighteen hours a day and the cathode slowly sputters away.

I first described the problem and a solution here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!topic/neonixie-l/Cb6RFO-lVwI/PDmEpFTRAwAJ

Mike Mitchell