Hi Dan at least the pictures I have seen are that the ionizer is a thin ribbon. I have not seen a filament style ionizer for cesium beam tubes. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:16 PM Dan Kemppainen <[email protected]> wrote: > So, > > If I'm interpreting the pictures correctly, It appears the hot wire > ionizer wire is spring loaded. It would probably take a significant > impact to spring that back enough for the wire to weld back with any > sort of discharge. > > It may be possible, but most likely not very easy to do. Although these > pictures give an indication of what direction one would have to try hit > it... > > Dan > > > On 11/9/2019 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Message: 7 > > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 17:25:55 -0500 > > From: paul swed<[email protected]> > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Dead 5061B > > Message-ID: > > < > cad2jfahdf1ntjue3313+qmkhdrx2jy0bgfvb87q0nq8os1c...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hello to the group. > > A few years back Skip took apart a 5061 CS tube. Took the best pictures > > with detail that has ever been posted. I really learned about the > internal > > details from his effort. > > Tom kindly found the links re-posted here. > > > > > http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/083806.html > > > > The entire thread is interesting: > > > > > http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/date.html#end > > > > In a off thread email we discussed the possibility of reattaching the > > ionizer. Please look at the ionizer picture and you will see why that > will > > not work. Unlike a classic light bulb with tight coils of filament and > > droop for expansion and contraction the ionizer is a straight tight > ribbon. > > When it pops material gets vaporized or simply falls away. There is no > > material to by chance reattach. > > > > Granted there is nothing to lose by tinkering around its dead and in > > reality thats what a Time-nut does. > > > > The very best of luck to you Jim and though your CS may be dead its been > > great to read others help and guidance. > > > > Regards > > > > Paul > > > > WB8TSL > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
