It switches the clock on only if someone is near the clock. It will go to sleep mode after few minutes it spoted someone.
Every 1-5-th minute starts with spinning all numbers from 0 to 9. That is Slot Machine feature that helps to prevent cathode poisoning effect. It is very necessary as it prolongs lifespan of nixie tubes. There is a "sleep mode" feature which powers off all tubes at programmed time.
This helps to prolong tubes lifetime. By default all tubes will be powered off from 1:00-7:00 at night.
Case have following dimensions: height - 27 mm; width - 175 mm: lenght - 65 mm. Tube height is: 45 mm. Digits size in tube is - 18 mm. Current date is shown once in a 1-5 minutes in following format: DDMMYY, MMDDYY or YYMMDD. 12 or 24 hour formats are supported.
There is also three modes for colon tubes: 1 Blinks once a second (is set as a default option); 2 permanently OFF; 3 permanently ON. Clock could be set to beep once an hour (when hour starts). This option is disabled by default. Demo video on youtube: youtube.DC power adapter and user manual are provided. The item "Vintage In-14 nixie tube clock in wooden enclosure" is in sale since Sunday, May 19, 2019. This item is in the category "Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Parts & Accessories\Vintage Tubes & Tube Sockets". The seller is "petro_vodopyan" and is located in Dnipro.
This item can be shipped worldwide.