I am new to this forum and was wondering if someone would know how to check if
the tube in a agilent 5071a is any good.these units are new in box but have
been in storage many years(bad idea)..is there anything to look at during start
up to give you an indication of outgassing ar vacum loss?
From what I remember from the years I worked
on the 5071A is that the prognosis for CBT's
in long term storage is very poor. The Navy
had to scrap a bunch of them due to this problem.
I vaguely remember that the pressure got too high
for the ion pump to start. If it does start, I
think ion
