Bill, What do you mean by "high voltage tank"? When I hear this term, I think of the oil- (and PCB-) filled tank housing the transformer on an old generator; but there's nothing like that on the R-Axis. Do you mean the blue box housing the detector controller? If so, then I can tell you that we've had ours plugged into a 1000 VA UPS (APC Back UPS Pro) for 10 years, with never a glitch (and I'm told that Philly power is not pretty).
If instead you're referring to the high voltage tank on the generator, then I have no idea of what to do (although replacing the power cable doesn't sound like a bad idea)...you'd probably need to steal an entire 7-11 to pay for a UPS large enough to condition power for that. Pat On 26 Sep 2011, at 10:15 PM, William G. Scott wrote: > Hi Citizens: > > We seem to run through high voltage tanks on our Raxis IV like guano goes > through a goose. Has anyone else had this problem, and, more importantly, > what is the best way to protect them. I am assuming it might have something > to do with our electrical supply, which is a bit unreliable. > > Also, does anyone have an extra used functional one they want to get rid of? > We've run out of 7-11s to rob to pay for this, and our friendly and helpful > radiation safety staff think the best way to deal with this problem is to > hack apart the power cable, so it is a current (so to speak) source of > frustration. > > > Thanks in advance. > > Bill > > > > > > William G. Scott > Professor > Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry > and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA > 228 Sinsheimer Laboratories > University of California at Santa Cruz > Santa Cruz, California 95064 > USA >
