[time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread Eric Garner
I just acquired my first HP 5370B off of ebay. After I had it running for 30 min to get it warm and start doing the checkout procedures in the manual i noticed that the heatsink was REALLY hot. I used my IR thermometer to check it and it read ~160F(71C). This seems excessively hot to me. What's

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Eric Garner garn...@gmail.com wrote: .. i noticed that the heatsink was REALLY hot. I used my IR thermometer to check it and it read ~160F(71C). What heat sink? Did you have the cover off and were measuring the internal bar they use as a sink or was your FE5680A

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread John Lofgren
] On Behalf Of Eric Garner Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:09 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature I just acquired my first HP 5370B off of ebay. After I had it running for 30 min to get it warm and start doing the checkout

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread Eric Garner
This is on my HP 5370B time interval counter. it's the external heatsink by the power inlet. -eric On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Eric Garner garn...@gmail.com wrote: .. i noticed that the heatsink was REALLY

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread John Lofgren
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garner Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:22 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature This is on my HP 5370B time interval

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread Mark Spencer
PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature This is on my HP 5370B time interval counter. it's the external heatsink by the power inlet. -eric On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature

2012-03-09 Thread shalimr9
of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] 5370B heatsink temperature I just acquired my first HP 5370B off of ebay. After I had it running for 30 min to get it warm and start