[time-nuts] HP Stories: An architectural view of the HP 5060/5061 and awkward oscillator adjustments.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <CADHrwpcdmyeguXoM69D2byW=DfKwMfi7_t-P=qYst7T7OO=EuA at mail.gmail.com>, Dana Whitlow writes:

>This would seem to imply that purposely overrating a 'lyt is pretty pointless.
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>Any comments on this notion?

I've always wondered that myself, and found very little documentation or
wisdom available.

As I understand it, even very brief voltage spikes must be kept under the
rated voltage, so overrating would buy some transient durability, but
other than that...

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