Our experience has been that the most common failure in Rb standards is the Rb lamp. There is a known wearout mechanism in the lamp and a somewhat predictable lifespan. The filter and absorption cells have no wearout mechanism.
Have a nice weekend, Jim Agilent Laboratories Palo Alto, CA >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Rex >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:40 PM >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Newbie with new questions: Rubidium > > >On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:26:36 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Usually, Rb clock failures are electronic. Failed components are >>generally the same you'd expect on any electronics. Check first >>the power supply capacitors. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
