Hi The heat gun approach assumes that the fault is a blob of metal that is stuck in a bad location in the bulb. Unfortunately there are a lot of different ways these beasts can die. The repair guys who should know always claimed that bulb issues were < 30% of the issues they saw. That was on an earlier generation of Rb’s but I suspect it applies. None of the ones I had arrive DOA were bulb problems.
Bob > On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Alex Pummer <a...@pcscons.com> wrote: > > but there was a description; how to rejuvenate the rubidium bulb by > cautiously warning it up, to "remelt " the rubidium.... > 73 > Alex > > On 11/20/2014 7:31 PM, paul swed wrote: >> I do agree its subjective. But my gut says bad is 2-3V I know they seem to >> run above 3. But whatever. When the blinkOmeter counts I am screwed. :-) >> Time to get the heatgun. >> Regards >> Paul. >> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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.