Electronic tube type
Nixie vacuum tubes
Nixie records in Tube Tinker cover 436 tube designations, including 823 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 436
- Original datasheets
- 823
- Variation families
- 5
- Tubes with alternatives
- 3
About Nixie tubes
Apply this type if the tube is a numerical or alpha display tube, or a decatron.
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 1.15–1.5 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0.04–0.06 A
Common nixie characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- Wire lead27
- Special 13-pin14
- wire-leaded12
- Noval6
- Wire-leaded4
- 9-12 TGL 116083
- 9–12 TGL 116083
- B17A3
Sockets
- B13B97
- B13D33
- RTS1423
- SK20723
- SK11614
- SK13614
- B9A11
- B7G10
Constructions
- Nixie432
- Triode2
- CounterSelectorSwitch1
Nixie tube list
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B5031 Nixie
Standard-size gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical readout tube. Burroughs data specify a 170 V maximum ionization voltage and recommended minimum supply, with series-resistor operating circuits documented for 170, 250, and 300 V supplies.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5032 Nixie
Standard-size gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical readout tube in the B5031 electrical family. Manufacturer data specify a 170 V maximum ionization voltage and recommended minimum supply, with external resistance limiting discharge current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5092 Nixie
Cold-cathode numeric or character indicator cross-referenced to RFT Z5600M in a German comparison catalog. Because the source warns that comparable types are not necessarily electrically identical, the RFT mapping is useful functional evidence rather than exact-rating evidence.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5093 Nixie
Round cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator with approximately 0.6-inch nominal character size. Its documentation specifies glow-discharge starting and supply requirements and operation with a current-limiting resistor for special-symbol display service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5453 Nixie
B5453 nixie electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5750 Nixie
Ultra-long-life low-pressure side-viewing cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator. Burroughs designed this family for extended-service numeric display applications, with the discharge viewed from the side of the tube.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5750S Nixie
Ultra-long-life low-pressure side-viewing cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator. The B5750S is the short-lead version of the B5750 family, intended for extended-service numeric display applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5766 Nixie
Low-priced side-viewing cold-cathode Nixie display tube. Burroughs catalog material identifies its construction and display application, although the available source does not provide a complete individual electrical specification table for this type.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5853 Nixie
High-pressure side-viewing cold-cathode Nixie indicator designed for pulsed operation. Burroughs catalog data place it in a lower-cost display group and provide group-level ratings rather than a complete individual electrical specification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5855 Nixie
Cold-cathode numeric or character indicator cross-referenced by a German comparison catalog to RFT Z5900M. The source warns that comparable types may not be identical, and no complete Z5900M electrical table is provided for reliable rating transfer.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5855S Nixie
Ultra-long-life high-pressure cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed for time-sharing operation. The B5855S short-lead version is intended for multiplexed numeric displays where extended operating life is a defining requirement.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5856 Nixie
Ultra-long-life cold-cathode Nixie plus/minus indicator intended for DC applications. Rather than displaying ordinary numerals, it provides polarity-sign indication in instrumentation or readout systems while retaining the long-life Nixie glow-discharge construction.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5856S Nixie
Ultra-long-life cold-cathode Nixie plus/minus indicator for DC applications. The B5856S is the short-lead version, providing dedicated polarity-sign display rather than a conventional ten-digit numerical readout.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5859 Nixie
Ultra-long-life cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator intended for both DC and time-sharing display applications. Its design supports conventional steady operation as well as multiplexed service while emphasizing extended display life.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5859S Nixie
Ultra-long-life cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator for DC and time-sharing operation; short-lead S version.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK207
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5870 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5971 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode alphanumeric Nixie indicator designed to display letters and other characters by selective glow discharge.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK136
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B5991 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK136
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6012 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6033 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6034 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6091 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6865 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B6866 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B7011 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B14A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B7031 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B14A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B7037 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- 17-35
- Socket
- SK137
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B7971 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode alphanumeric Nixie indicator designed to display letters and other characters by selective glow discharge.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B8091 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
B9012 Nixie
PIXIE gas-filled cold-cathode position indicator with ten selectable glow positions and a keep-alive electrode.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- HSK111
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD200S Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK116
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD206 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD214 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD216 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode alphanumeric Nixie indicator designed to display letters and other characters by selective glow discharge.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD221 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode alphanumeric Nixie indicator designed to display letters and other characters by selective glow discharge.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD225 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD244 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK116
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD255 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie special-character indicator designed to display plus/minus or other dedicated symbols using shaped glow cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SK116
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD302 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD307 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B14A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
BD310 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode bi-quinary Nixie indicator with ten cathodes and separate odd/even anodes for coded counter readout.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD102 Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD102R Nixie
Gas-filled cold-cathode Nixie numerical indicator designed to display decimal digits by selective glow discharge of shaped cathodes.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD11 Nixie
Cold-cathode numerical display tube in the supplied Nixie table; a separate Ferranti source also associates CD11 with flash-tube data, so functional identity remains conflicting.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD12 Nixie
Cold-cathode Japanese Nixie numerical indicator with published ionization voltage, cathode-current limits, viewing angle, and recommended anode-resistor operating data.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD13 Nixie
Cold-cathode Japanese Nixie numerical indicator with model-specific operating limits for ionization voltage, cathode current, temperature, and anode resistance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD16A Nixie
NEC top-view cold-cathode numerical display tube showing digits 0–9 and a decimal point with approximately 28 mm character height.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
CD19 Nixie
Compact Matsushita top-view cold-cathode Nixie displaying red digits 0–9, designed for low-current industrial controls, counters, computers, and position indicators.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B13B
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1