Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Mike S
At 08:59 PM 12/5/2009, Don Latham wrote... my point, of course, if you can get a screwdriver in, a gas can get out :-) Sure, if you open the access screw. Otherwise, no screwdriver is going in, and no appreciable amount of gas is getting out. ___

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Don Latham
>> so how do you reach the tuning capacitor? >>>> >>>> - Original Message - From: "John Green" >>>> To: >>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:56 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801 >>>> >

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Ed Palmer
. :-) Ed Don Latham wrote: so how do you reach the tuning capacitor? - Original Message - From: "John Green" To: Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801 "Since the oscillator/inner oven can is sealed," how can you smell

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Brian Kirby
e it manually - which is good since you CAN'T tune it manually. :-) Ed Don Latham wrote: so how do you reach the tuning capacitor? - Original Message - From: "John Green" To: Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801 "Since the

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Ed Palmer
al Message - From: "John Green" To: Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801 "Since the oscillator/inner oven can is sealed," how can you smell it? Bill Hawkins The point I was trying to make, perhaps unsuccessfully, was that

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-05 Thread Mike S
At 02:49 AM 12/5/2009, Don Latham wrote... so how do you reach the tuning capacitor? By removing an o-ring (Viton?) sealed screw. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-04 Thread Don Latham
so how do you reach the tuning capacitor? - Original Message - From: "John Green" To: Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801 "Since the oscillator/inner oven can is sealed," how can you smell it? Bill Hawkins The p

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-04 Thread John Green
"Since the oscillator/inner oven can is sealed," how can you smell it? Bill Hawkins The point I was trying to make, perhaps unsuccessfully, was that since the can containing the inner oven was sealed, the smell had to be coming from the insulation between the inner and outer ovens. _

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-04 Thread paul swed
One of the sites had the innards of the 10811so that you can dive into it. Smells will bet that the oven xisitor may have fried in the on position. That would crispy a lot. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:33 AM, John Green wrote: > I lifted the top board and after some sniffing I determined that the s

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-04 Thread Adrian
John, it appears to be a mess, but here you can see what to expect: http://www.realhamradio.com/GPS-oven-journey.htm I would think there is a problem with one of the oven regulators. Adrian John Green schrieb: I lifted the top board and after some sniffing I determined that the smell is comin

Re: [time-nuts] Stinky Z3801

2009-12-04 Thread John Green
I lifted the top board and after some sniffing I determined that the smell is coming from the 10811 reference oscillator can. I don't know if I want to open it up but I guess at this point, I don't have much choice. Unless it is normal for them to smell bad. Anyone ever experienced stinky reference