On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 19:54:40 -0500 Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > If we are talking about 12 hours on / 12 hours off each day - leave it on, > That one is a slam > dunk. The cycling will kill stuff faster than any aging on the bulb (or > whatever). > > If you are are talking about running it once a month, then that’s a bit > different. You will need > to run if for more than 12 hours to get it fully stable. A lot depends on the > characteristics of > the unit you have. Three days or so is a pretty good run in number for an Rb. > > Nobody really knows how long these Telcom Rb’s will last. You see numbers > ranging from 5 years to > 25 years tossed around. Both sound a bit suspect to me. The surplus parts all > have 5 years on > them by now. Running anything as hot as an Rb does continuously for 25 years > without failure > seems a bit much as well. There’s sure to be a bunch of fine print on both of > those numbers. > Certainly there are examples of Rb’s that are > 25 years old that are working > fine. I personally > have killed a number of Rb’s in under 5 years (by abuse …). Your mileage will > vary …. > > Bob
Thanks for the informative reply Bob -- -- Best wishes /73 Richard Bown Email : [email protected] HTTP : http://www.g8jvm.com nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call: G8JVM . QRV: 50-432 MHz + Microwave 23 cms 140W, 13 cms 100W & 3cms 5W Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W QRV VHF 6mtrs 200W, 4 mtrs 150W, 2mtrs 400W, 70cms 200W OS: Linux Mint 17 x86_64 on a Dell Inspiron N5030 laptop ################################################################################## _______________________________________________ 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.
