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#193806 - 16/12/2003 16:42 Extra VFDs
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Greetings!

Well, I have contacted everyone who preordered or reserved a VFD. I have some spares. Anyone interested should contact me via email. The price would be $60 shipped. Thanks!
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#193807 - 17/12/2003 13:19 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Hahahahaha...

You know you have done too much business with Noritake when they start sending you Christmas cards...
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#193808 - 17/12/2003 14:07 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
RobotCaleb
pooh-bah

Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
lol
nice

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#193809 - 18/12/2003 11:05 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
Anonymous
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$60? wow. i thought those things were going for like $300, but I suppose a lot of that was the shipping to europe.

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#193810 - 18/12/2003 11:14 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: ]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Well, this is just the glass VFD. It is not the entire display board. Noritake sells them (bulk >20 units) for $56.xx each. After shipping and repacking, it averages out to just over $60 per.

The tiny ones, used as part of foxtrot_xray's kit, are more expensive because they have the circuit board attached on them.
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#193811 - 30/12/2003 10:42 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
Cris
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Thanks Paul got mine today.

I know I thanked you via e-mail, but I just wanted to say what a true Gent you are Sir! Thanks again.

Cheers

Cris.

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#193812 - 07/01/2004 17:20 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
coolblue
journeyman

Registered: 28/02/2003
Posts: 50
Loc: Switzerland
Since three-quarter years I have a player with a display problem.
The player starts up with a very dim display, afterwards 10-60 seconds later
the display went completely dark.

I checked everything, but I couldn't find any faults.
Finally I replaced the VFD with one from Paul.
and the now the empeg is back to live.

Thanks again Paul

If you have a VFD left, I will take a second.
You never know.

Andy

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#193813 - 07/01/2004 19:09 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: coolblue]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Greetings!

Actually, I am out of spares that I had planned to sell at the moment. I wanted to keep three spares for my own units, but in the end I had to sell one of those (I had already committed to the person, but I had not heard in a while and released the VFDs to others).

I will hold on to these spares for emergencies / breakages down the road. I will also check to see if Noritake has any lying around in stock still. If I find more in stock, I will post.

Meanwhile, the problem that you had is not unheard of. Basically, it is a fault in the VFD itself. There have been a few like that in the past. The only remedy is to replace the VFD, as you have already found out.
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#193814 - 13/01/2004 12:56 Re: Extra VFDs [Re: pgrzelak]
Fastrack
member

Registered: 29/10/2001
Posts: 137
Loc: Toronto, Ontario Canada
I just got my extra VFDs in the mail yesterday. Just wanted to say thanks Paul. Great service!

Ben
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