Yes, of course, in that sense: the life must be restored at some time. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Chuck Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> It has been pretty well shown that the lamp life is > effectively infinite. The only thing that happens to > shorten an effective useful "campaign" of the lamp is > when the Rb plates out on the lamp envelope, and > renders the glass opaque. That problem, however, is > easily remedied, by heating the glass until the Rb > evaporates, and then allowing it to redistribute to > a more desirable position out of the optical path. > > Disassembly, and a heat gun are all that is necessary. > > -Chuck Harris > > Azelio Boriani wrote: > >> I think every Rb has a finite lamp life... >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Neville Michie<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Does the FE-5680A have a similar Rb cell to the LPRO-101? >>> If so do they have finite lamp life, (can you find the one you buy has >>> little life left?) >>> Or by not reporting the status of the lamp no-one worries about it? >>> cheers, >>> Neville Michie >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/****<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/**> >>> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<htt**ps://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** >>> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<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<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<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.
