[time-nuts] Maser (pump life)
J. Forster
jfor at quik.com
Thu Sep 2 20:15:54 UTC 2010
> John F.
>
> The internal pump lifetime is reduced as it has to pump the waste
> Hydrogen after it leaves the bulb.
OK. Understood.
> These pumps elements "swell" after burying increasing amounts of Hydrogen
> and eventually short out.
Some pumps have replacable elements. Do these? Or do you have to swap the
whole thing out? There was a company that rebuilt some types, but I've
forgotten who.
-John
> Corby Dawson
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