***Official Electronics Thread of Officialness (it starts off with lots of Nixie Tube Clock goodness

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This is awesome. After seeing it I am definately going to look into getting/building one at some stage!
 
That is so cool, I want one now!
How long do the tubes last? As supplies are unreliable it may be worth stocking up...

edit: OK, wikipedia says upto 200,000 hours for the more modern tubes, that's almost 23 years of constant use so not as bad as I thought. A couple spares may be handy to have though.
 
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Ever since my phone replaced my clock, calendar, camera, and also became a mobile internet device, I've never really needed any of those functions on another device.

Mobile phones ***!
 
Good point actually, I wonder if anyone has created a nixie clock theme for one of the many clock apps out there. I use Kaloer Clock on my AMOLED phone so all you see is the digits in the dark, one like this would look amazing!

As for the DIY, you could make it without abase, go Skeleton case look or mesh out some parts like those Gigabyte motherboards, looks ace.
 
Where did you get the kit from?

And why are the flexible version tubes so much more expensive than the not flex?
 
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Whoah, nice! did you make it or buy it? either way that must have cost a bomb for those huge gorgeous 'Tubes! :D
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Came as a kit, took me a couple of days to put together. The most soldering I have ever done in my life!

The tubes are IN-18's, and the whole kit cost around £400 I think, maybe more.
 
That looks nice, do the tubes get very hot? If not then I'd be tempted to go for some sort of wooden enclosure in order to pull off the retro look. :)
 
Anywhere selling complete kits. But I guess it isn't too hard to get the kit and tubes seperatly.

Whats a good price for some fairly sized tubes?

I'd not wanna go anywhere near the £400 mark, it's very cool, but a £400 clock, I think not. Could it be done and still look good and not tiny for under £100?
 
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