[Heath] Digital Wind Speed Indicator Model ID-1590/ID - 1590E

[Gordon Batey]

I don't know if this is what you need but Ramsey has a kit that has two
different NIXIE tube displays available.

 

See:

 

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action
<http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=NIX
IE> &key=NIXIE

 

Do not have any experience with it but it may help.

 

73 Gordon WA4FJC

 

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From: Heath [mailto:heath-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
JimLocatel at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:40 PM
To: heath at puck.nether.net
Subject: [Heath] Digital Wind Speed Indicator Model ID-1590/ID - 1590E

 

Hi Heathkit Folks,

 

After around 38 years continuous service, my Digital Wind Speed Indicator
"Nixie Tube" digital readout is starting to lose some of its segments.

 

If anyone has a working or non-working unit they'd like to unload, I could
use the electronic components for spare parts.  Hopefully, the readout might
still have some life left in it also.

 

I'm surprised my readout lasted this long.  In my experience their lifetime
is usually much shorter.  This one must have been well made, I guess.

 

I'm pretty sure there is no source, local or foreign, for Nixie Tube
displays like this any more either.  I could re-design it to use another
kind of readout, but thought I'd try the spare-parts route first.

 

Thanks for any help or info you can provide!

 

Jim Locatelli

Building and using Heathkits since the 1950's

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