where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

[kay486]

Hello there, can somebody tell me where to find these tubes? I know
that i can just remove the coating from the red filter equvalents (i
have over 25 Z566M) but it would piss me off that they wouldnt have
the original stamps on back, and i feel its kina a waste of the tubes
because all have really good quality coating without scratches and
stuff.

[Nicholas Stock]

I know this is sacrilege, but when I bought my first set of Z568's back in the day, I stripped the red coating off of them for my clocks....if you're going to keep the tubes in a clock and enjoy the orange glow, does it really matter if the numbers aren't on the back? ;-)

There are some Z566M's on eBay at the moment. but expect to pay at least 200 US dollars for six of them....nothing nixie is cheap these days except perhaps IN-12 tubes....

Nick

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[jb-electronics]

Z568(0)M tubes go for as much as $400 now..... Happened a couple of
weeks ago on Ebay. Quite insane. The usual street price is $150..$200 I
would say.

Jens

> How much you paid for them? They are absolutely beast, the thing is
> that i cant afford those, even if i could find some. I think they are
> like $50 each now, correct me if im wrong.
>
> Thats the thing, i have the Z566M. Id really like to find the Z5660M
> do you know if the clear tubes usualy sell for more or less?

[Nicholas Stock]

I bought the Z568's many years ago for about 50 dollars each...even then I thought that was expensive!! I've seen far more Z566's than their clear counterparts on eBay, but they tend to fetch the same price...

Nick

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[kay486]

Whoah, didnt know that, now i feel bit retarded for naming such a
lower price. I must have messed it up with something else. Do you know
where they were actually used?

On Jan 30, 7:36 pm, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de>
wrote:

[Nicholas Stock]

Good question...I'm not the wrong side of 40 yet, so they were around before my time..;-) I've heard people say the bigger tubes were used for things like Railway clocks or industrial scales and things like that, but I've never seen photos of them 'in action' as it were...anybody on the list have any pictures?

Nick

[kay486]

Id probably came if they still used nixies for clocks at train
stations. Just having to wait for a late train while watching the huge
glowing numerals would be so satisfying :D

[Joseph Bento]

On Jan 30, 12:13 pm, Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are some Z566M's on eBay at the moment. but expect to pay at least
> 200 US dollars for six of them....nothing nixie is cheap these days except
> perhaps IN-12 tubes....
>
> Nick

Fortunately, the IN-12 is a nice tube, and its sockets are also easy
to find. Its more modern cousin, the IV-22 is equally easy to find,
and uses the same socket.

Joe, N6DGY

[Dutchgray]

There is a pair of Z5660M on Ebay right now with less than one day to
go and no bids with a $59.99 start price, they are rare but can be
found if you want to hunt them down.
I bought 6 Z566M last year for a little under £100 and could have
bought 6 NOS ones for £150 if I had had the money when they came up.
I did win a lot of 5 used F9057AA yesterday for £1.20 so there are
definitely cheap Nixies to be had still, hopefully they will actually
still glow.