Did you use a large heat gun or the smaller ones for heat shrink. I might guess the smaller one Thanks
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Magnus Danielson < mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote: > Paul, > > > On 11/01/11 19:57, paul swed wrote: > >> Crazier question could it be baked in an oven or must you be able to >> carefully visually watch it? >> > > I guess you could do that if you only can oriented it there. However, I > just wanted to play a bit safe and not overheat it... and then I did warm it > up quite a bit anyway. Contaminating my lab with rubidium and glas splitter > seems easier to handle than the oven and kitchen... but I don't think it is > much of a danger anyway... > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM, paul swed<paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Magnus >>> Crazy question. Though the small rb references are difficult to >>> disassemble >>> they can be. I believe I have seen what you describe. Might this >>> technique >>> be used on those also. I have a flaky end of life old telco reference >>> that I >>> would open up to try it on. Though no heat gun. >>> >> > Well, a heat gun isn't a huge investment but it came in handy for this. If > you seem the same thing, then try it and see if you get it operating again. > I did actually learn this trick from a description for a smaller rubidium > than I tried it on. > > > Does the RB really become exhausted or does it plate to the glass like you >>> describe? >>> >> > Well, it did not escape from the glas ampule, so it is still safe there. > Rubidium by itself doesn't need to be a lot in there to work, but Xeon might > escape. However, temperature and trimming of the RF source should be checked > first... before giving up on the lamp. > > Thanks for the thread. >>> >> > Well, I tough that someone would get inspired. Seems to have triggered two > so far. > > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.