Hi If you go shopping for a parts donor, a 53181 is probably going to be much cheaper. Most of the parts that burn out are common between the models.
Bob On Nov 13, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Edgardo Molina <xe1...@amsat.org> wrote: > Dear Azelio, Tom, John and Luciano ( I hope I am not missing anybody), > > Thank you all of you for your kind advise on this subject. I am sorry I was > unable to reply in a timely manner. I had to leave town for a week for new IT > business. I think I will start by dismantling the unit display and test the > tantalum capacitors as you mentioned. If I can achieve success by doing this > it is fine. Otherwise I could consider using it as the GPIB workhorse as I > just started to obtain my first ADEV, MDEV and TDEV graphs with TimeLab and a > Prologix adapter. May I know the command for turning the display off via the > GPIB port? That is something nice for long periods of sampling. > > A whole new world has just opened to me. Know I am starting to get intimate > with my frequency standards by knowing them in deep. If all goes well I > should start updating my wish list for a Wavecrest DTS unit next year. For > now I will squeeze every single Tau value from the graphs using the 53132A. > > Last but not least. If the display fades away I could eventually consider > buying a new one as the whole instrument is in pristine condition and would > be a shame to see it working without a brilliant display. > Thank you for all your feedback. > > Wishing you all a pleasant evening/morning. > > > Kind regards, > > > > Edgardo Molina > Dirección IPTEL > > www.iptel.net.mx > > T : 55 55 55202444 > M : 04455 10045822 > > Piensa en Bits SA de CV > > > > Información anexa: > > > > > CONFIDENCIALIDAD DE INFORMACION > > Este mensaje tiene carácter confidencial. Si usted no es el destinarario de > este mensaje, le suplicamos se lo notifique al remitente mediante un correo > electrónico y que borre el presente mensaje y sus anexos de su computadora > sin retener una copia de los mismos. Queda estrictamente prohibido copiar > este mensaje o hacer usode el para cualquier propósito o divulgar su en forma > parcial o total su contenido. Gracias. > > > NON-DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION > > This email is strictly confidential and may also be privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient please immediately advise the sender by replying > to this e-mail and then deleting the message and its attachments from your > computer without keeping a copy. It is strictly forbidden to copy it or use > it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any third party. Thank you. > > > > > > > On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Timeok <tim...@timeok.it> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> to avoid more display "consumption" during long acquisitions, there is an >> HPIB command to blank the display on the counter. I have asked to KE5FX to >> add this feature in Timelab during the acquisition setup. Hope he have time >> to do this. >> >> Luciano >> >> >> >> Il 2012-11-02 23:13 John Lofgren ha scritto: >>> <- snip -> >>> >>> Two possibilities: Cathode poisoning or bad tantalum caps. I'm not >>> sure if "cathode poisoning" is really the correct term for this >>> effect, but it's similar. There have been a number of tutorials out >>> there about rejuvenating VF displays. >>> >>> <- snip -> >>> >>> It appears that the military parts system has the EL displays listed >>> for replacement purposes. >>> http://www.wbparts.com/rfq/5980-01-396-4645.html >>> http://www.iso-group.com/Public/PartDetail/CP3033A/12619547/12619547.aspx >>> >>> Should the display prove to be beyond recovery it might be possible >>> to buy a new one. Now, the cost may be another matter ... >>> >>> These are made by Noritake-Itron. The generic part number is >>> CP3033A, but it does not show up in their product line on their web >>> site. It might be worth contacting them to see if there's any >>> possibility of still getting them. >>> http://www.noritake-elec.com/contact_us.htm >>> >>> Searching for Itron CP3033A turns up some parts brokers that claim to >>> have access to 251 of them. >>> >>> -John >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> -- >> timeok >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
