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path: "nixies-part-1"
date: 2020-10-24
title: "Nixie device: The planning"
---

So one day on eBay I saw a very peculiar listing, a set of 8 B5441A (Also known
as NL5441A). With some goading from my friends, I purchased it. They're small,
only 0.75 inches in diameter, so they can't be too expensive, right?

They were 100 USD each, excluding shipping and taxes.

Yikes.

Welp, I'm now obligated to create something with it---there's no way I'm going
to let nearly a grand sit in a closet. Time to start planning.

### Did I get ripped off?

Short answer: probably. Longer answer: maybe not.

B5441As are a considered a [late style nixie tube][sphere-bc-ca]

[sphere-bc-ca]: https://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/nixies.html#:~:text=B-5441A

http://tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/trade06-nixie-tubes.htm