A108

Cold-cathode glow-discharge Dekatron designed for counting, switching, and counting/calculating equipment. Its violet-blue glow transfers from cathode to cathode, providing sequential electrical operation together with a visible indication of the current state.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: -

Description

Russian cold-cathode glow-discharge Dekatron intended for counting, switching, or counting-and-calculating equipment. It transfers a visible discharge among cathodes; violet-blue glow is used for indication.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater voltage: -
Nominal heater current: -
Parallel heater voltage: -
Parallel heater current: -
Series capable: No

Terminal pinout

Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.

No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.

Section ratings

1 physical section, each with unique specifications.

Section 1

Nixie

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Electrical values not fitting canonical promoted fields are preserved in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

Source-dependent data

Operating conditions by source

Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.

Data set 01

196X Nixie Russian 1

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Nixie

Characteristics

Discharge starting voltage
250 V
Published datasheet value
Discharge maintaining voltage
145 to 195 V
Published datasheet value
Reset pulse amplitude
70 V
Published datasheet value
Operating current
0.5 to 0.75 mA
Published datasheet value