Nixie tube plastic spacers needed.

[Chris Stalin]

Hey fellas,

I am looking for a source ( yeah right ) for IN14 nixie tube spacers. They are actually for my IN8-2 tubes. But the IN14 will fit perfectly. They are virtually the same minus that HORRIBLE upside down 5 number.

Any insight is appreciated - Need about 12. Less is fine, Even 1 is great.

Thanks guys!

[Adam Jacobs]

Well, Sure, minus the upside down 2 for a 5. :) But plus the HORRIBLE 4
numeral.
I like the 5's in the IN-8-2's, but the 4's are bad enough that I
switched back to IN-14's back in the day.
Now, neither of those nixie tubes are cheap enough for me to use in new
designs. All of my stockpile of IN-8's, IN-8-2's, IN-14's and IN-16's
are replacement parts only for existing clocks.

Why do you want spacers for your IN-8-2's, anyways? They didn't come
with them. I'd skip the spacers and go with IN-8's and sockets if that
is the look you are going for. Granted, sockets for the IN-8 can
sometimes be difficult to find. I think it was the IN-2 that uses the
same socket. Socketed Nixie tubes are a lot more fun to deal with when
replacing.

-Adam

[Chris Stalin]

Hi Adam,

LOL horrible 4, Nothing beats that degenerate upside down 5. The IN82 4 is slightly bigger vertically and doesn't over lap the horizontal portion, So yeah its not perfect...... Personal preference in the end.

Why the spacers? Because it looks more professional and clean. No to mention if one wanted to add floor lighting to a tube it would shine up into the tube and now flood the entire PCB.

No way I will use the IN8 pins, That's the whole reason I opted for IN8-2.

Thanks for your input. I appreciate it!
Chris

[Nicholas Stock]

I like the upside down 5...speaks to the history of the tubes and the apparent necessity of cost savings! I have an IN-8-2 clock without spacers with LED underlighting and it looks pretty good (personal preference though...).

Post some pictures when you're done...would be interested in seeing the IN-8-2 atop spacers...

Nick

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send an email to neoni...@googlegroups.com.

To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a7f77fe8-1a08-4d4b-84ce-62e8fe3e5fc4%40googlegroups.com.

For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

[Adam Jacobs]

I'm interested too. Not interested enough to remove a spacer from an IN-14 and install it on a IN-8-2, but still...

I always found that if an IN-14's spacer came off it was a real pain to put it back on again. At least, not without trimming a few leads.

-Adam

To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLDjHiBcrCqq8y27V0DLQmnvzkSjpF2U0-g76N56C%2BhSA%40mail.gmail.com.