Yuri, as a rule of thumb, read my message posted here last month:
http://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2008-October/033926.html I have 10 EFRATOM LPRO, and only one came with a faulty lamp. I think it lost vacuum, and the glass looks clear but with small white pigments. I inspected some of the other lamps, and the glass looks more or less brownish. No other tests made on the lamps. 73, Antonio I8IOV > Hello, > > Readed list archives and googled a lot, and seen two opposing points of > view - one is that there is nothing to age in Rb lamp, another is that > Rb lamp is degrading when in operation (without details, how and why). _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.