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

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about £145 + shipping, there are a couple on BIN in the 3rd post of this thread :)

I'd get the ones from Ukraine, they look to be the older Soviet Military-grade ones (Soviet Military parts have the Rhombus, look out for it) which are both much more interesting and probably also a bit better made :)
 
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big tubes have a huge premium unfortunately :(
the biggest nixies, the Rodan CD-47's occasionally crop up on ebay, they usually go for about $700 EACH.

i remember in 2003 a set of six IN-18's was only about £60! :eek:
 
the kits should come with them, but you can buy them from almost any electrical parts retailer, they're just standard neon indicators.

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Oops, it looks like the Tubehobby kit doesn't include them.

the majorest electrical parts retailer (Big squarish red logo, something to do with radio spares?) has them, part number 655-9407
 
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mine took two days to arrive too. did you get a dispatch notification yet? mine arrived the day after it was dispatched, which was the day after i ordered it. :)
 
11.5V should be fine as long as it's rated to supply 300ma or more.

Life outside Coventry is nice! i occasionally get to see the sky! :D :p
 
Awesome! you going to do a build-log? i'm assuming you've got a nice multimeter (with Ohmmeter function?) and read through the instructions?
 
Nah they're fine!
Looks great matey, yours came in a box... mine only came in a padded manilla! :p

...Didn't even say "do not bend" on it... :( :p :D

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Suggestion; when you're building the clock, when you get to the stage of putting the nixies in, start in reverse order (from NX6 to NX1 instead of the other way round) because NX6 has the least free space around the terminals and NX1 has the most :)
 
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These look sweet!

Could one of these be built by a complete noob with no electronics or soldering experience at all? I wouldn't have a clue what resistors etc to use unless there are clear instructions.

I hope someone takes a few build photos, would be interested to see it going together.
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the instructions tell you what resistor values to use, you need to work out which resistors are which :)

you can either do it with a multimeter that can measure resistance or you can look up the resistor values by their colour bands.

I'd say that if you didn't have any soldering experience you'd struggle to build the kit, simply because soldering is fairly challenging if you've never done it before. That said, i wouldn't dissuade you from trying to learn, it's an excellent skill to have :)
 
you should be okay then :) 48W will be waaaaay too hot but as long as it's adjustable you should be A-okay :D

you'll want to use the pointed tip *thumbsup*
 
the UK's only highstreet electronic-parts retailer, who's name sounds vaguely cartographic sell loads of simple little electronics kits which are a good way of developing your skill. :)

18W probably isn't hot enough in my experience.
 
i've used those Antex Irons... i found them INCREDIBLY annoying to use, both slow to heat up, got too hot (no temperature control) and the heat is distributed all over the front end meaning that half the iron is radiating hot air, leading to burns if you have to hold it at an odd angle.

not to mention, the three-inch-thick mains cable got in the way all the time.

Also, with an iron that's too low a wattage, you've got two problems, Firstly, it takes too long to heat the subject material, meaning you have to hold the iron on the component for extended amounts of time, possibly leading to component damage (and melted wiring insulation!), and Secondly, if you're soldering something with a large thermal capacity, the iron will cool down and take a long time to get back to temperature, this also applies when you're cleaning the end of the iron.
 
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