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Looking for replacement Nixie tubes (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
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I've got a vintage HP digital counter, model HP-5216A. It was working, right up until the moment that it fell and broke two of the tubes' glass envelopes.

I really don't know where to source Nixie tubes. I see a few people who are making clocks with them, but not selling individual parts.

It's apparently an HP-1970-0025, which is a rebranded Burroughs B-5560.

Don't imagine this is the right place to find them, but I'm hoping it's the right place to find someone to tell me the right place to find them.

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

You can create a saved search on ebay, wait and hope some eventually show up. They won't be cheap though.

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    • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    There's entire nixie tube forum communities out there.

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