Expensive NIMOs with mounting parts!

[Dekatron42]

Have a look here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114095878162?ul_noapp=true

/Martin

[Paul Andrews]

I don't know where he gets this stuff. They sold for that too https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=114095878162

[Dekatron42]

Someone here on the forum said that he bought some stock from someone in the US many years ago, maybe someone can confirm this?

/Martin

[Oscilloclock]

Sounds like a good investment! Unless someone starts to produce new NIMOs..

- Aaron

[Robert G. Schaffrath]

On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 4:52:19 AM UTC-5, Oscilloclock wrote:

Sounds like a good investment! Unless someone starts to produce new NIMOs..

- Aaron

While I think they are very interesting, I cannot imagine someone making new ones or even that big a demand for them beyond a die-hard hobbyist. Nixie's were hard enough to power at 170V using low voltage power supplies but the NIMO's require over 1 kV IIRC. Plus all of the used ones I have seen had burned phosphor so the tubes would definitely require something like anti-poisoning or a "screen saver" to keep them from burning in as well. I do not see the phosphor having the same longevity as mercury doped Nixie tubes.