Hi If you operate the device continuously for 30 years, you *will* have other parts in it fail. The MTBF of the system (without the tube) is *not* infinite.
Bob > On Sep 29, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 09/29/2016 02:02 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >> The “operating” case will ultimately kill various parts in the >> standard that would not die sitting on the shelf. > > Oh, really? I thought that cesium depletion is essentially the only real > killer. > > -Ruslan > _______________________________________________ > 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.
