Here’s my prized Nixie clock from Chronix, which I picked up a few months ago. I thought I’d throw a video online showing its slot-machine-style anti-cathode-poisoning routine. It rapidly cycles through the digits so the cathodes that don’t normally get much display time are periodically lit as well. It also looks pretty cool while doing it!

I should have some more photos and documentation up this weekend, so hopefully I’ll get around to giving the clock a proper write-up. For now, enjoy watching those little glowing numbers do their thing!

Update 23rd April 2013: I ended up replacing the NiCad battery in this clock with a NiMH cell. See my other videos for the swap! It worked successfully in this particular clock, although that doesn’t mean a NiCad-to-NiMH replacement will be suitable for every device. The charging circuit, charge current and replacement battery all need to be considered before attempting the same thing elsewhere.

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