Did look it up The supply is .1v or so at 100 ma. It drives the thermo electric device. I speculate it heats the bulb. That stops the flooding. There is a recovery procedure if the cell has flooded also. Regards Paul.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:05 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > One other comment. > I have taken the rb package apart for repair and shared that info. > I was very impressed with the quality and scale of everything. > I speculate 10 years can have problems but I bet it can be made to work > again. > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes I would believe many know the answer. >> Its in the first few pages of the 5065 manual and you can get that at the >> several sites free. >> Its rb flooding as I recall. I remember the pix. >> It explained what it is and what to do. I think there was a recovery >> procedure. >> But do not recall the details. >> Regards >> Paul. >> WB8TSL >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Peter Bell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It just occured to me that if anyone knew the answer to this, they >>> would likely be on this list. >>> >>> I remember that when you put the HP5065A into storage, you were >>> supposed to unplug a little cable from the Rb cell and wire it up to >>> an external power supply - does anyone know exactly what this did, why >>> is was necessary, and what the likely likely outcome is if these units >>> are stored for an extended period of time (> 10 years) in a fairly >>> uncontrolled environment (I.E. and attic) without doing this? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
