[sdiy] Will Reverse Voltage Harm a Nixie Tube?

[Glen]

At 01:31 PM 4/30/2005 , Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>
>It's just a neon bulb with more than 2 electrodes, there is no polarity,
>you could test them with AC as long as you have a proper current limiting
>series resistor.

That's what I was thinking, but all the applications I've ever seen used
DC, and they seemed to care about the polarity.

Oh well, on with the testing then.  :)


thanks,
Glen