Re: Nixie clocks: possibly an AH clock?
- From: "John S." <hjsjms@xxxxxx>
- Date: 29 Jan 2006 07:30:18 -0800
Bo Williams wrote:
> guanche wrote:
> >>I think the expense would make it prohibitive. You are looking at least
> >>US$400 per unit from what I've seen.
> >>
> >
> >
> > You may search around for a radioamateur friend.
> > The surplus market is full of old electronic components necessary to
> > build the clock.
> > The radioamateur have the knowledge to access at the market and to
> > develop the circuit.
> > The cost: null (or near).
>
> I think the cost of old nixies might surprise you. They haven't had any
> real practical application for decades (so no production of new ones and
> finite supply). Tough to keep costs down when that's the case, and
> plus, when all the nixies that do turn up are going into boutique items
> like watches and clocks, there isn't a lot of incentive to keep margins
> close.
> --
Understand that many of the nixie tubes come from Russia now. At least
one manufacturer is selling a complete clock on Ebay for about $150.00
so the price seems to have come down some from $400.00
.
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