[time-nuts] Newbie with new questions: Rubidium
jim_johnson at agilent.com
jim_johnson at agilent.com
Fri Aug 5 23:45:17 UTC 2005
Our experience has been that the most common
failure in Rb standards is the Rb lamp. There
is a known wearout mechanism in the lamp and
a somewhat predictable lifespan. The filter
and absorption cells have no wearout mechanism.
Have a nice weekend,
Jim
Agilent Laboratories
Palo Alto, CA
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:40 PM
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>On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:26:36 +0000, rlutwak at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>Usually, Rb clock failures are electronic. Failed components are
>>generally the same you'd expect on any electronics. Check first
>>the power supply capacitors.
>
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