# Nixie Clocks

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixie-clocks/511816
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 28, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixie-clocks/511816 "2009-09-28T03:08:05Z")
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### Author: ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixie-clocks/511816/1 "2009-09-28T03:08:05Z")

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Anybody made/have one? How long are the tubes likely to last?

I’m considering ordering a kit, and wondering what sort of stock I ought to lay in of spare tubes.

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### Author: ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixie-clocks/511816/2 "2009-09-28T03:28:19Z")

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have made. the tubes last decades.

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### Author: ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixie-clocks/511816/3 "2009-09-28T07:24:27Z")

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> [@LawMonkey](#):
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> Anybody made/have one? How long are the tubes likely to last?
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> I’m considering ordering a kit, and wondering what sort of stock I ought to lay in of spare tubes.

Have a virtual on on your desktop 😃

[http://scott-s-nixie-tube-clock.software.informer.com/1.1](http://scott-s-nixie-tube-clock.software.informer.com/1.1)

🙂