[time-nuts] Dead 5061B
jimlux
jimlux at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 9 01:45:37 UTC 2019
On 11/8/19 2:25 PM, paul swed wrote:
> Hello to the group.
> A few years back Skip took apart a 5061 CS tube. Took the best pictures
> with detail that has ever been posted. I really learned about the internal
> details from his effort.
> Tom kindly found the links re-posted here.
>
> http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/083806.html
>
> The entire thread is interesting:
>
> http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/date.html#end
>
> In a off thread email we discussed the possibility of reattaching the
> ionizer. Please look at the ionizer picture and you will see why that will
> not work. Unlike a classic light bulb with tight coils of filament and
> droop for expansion and contraction the ionizer is a straight tight ribbon.
> When it pops material gets vaporized or simply falls away. There is no
> material to by chance reattach.
>
> Granted there is nothing to lose by tinkering around its dead and in
> reality thats what a Time-nut does.
>
> The very best of luck to you Jim and though your CS may be dead its been
> great to read others help and guidance.
>
Totally ignorant of how these things work inside, but is the "ionizer"
just a heater, or is it more like the cathode of a vacuum tube?
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