First you will need to power it up in Cs Off state and monitor the ion pump current by periodically switching to Cs On
If you have a possibly good tube ion pump current should drop to zero in a few days to 3 weeks Thats your first step > On Jun 15, 2017, at 2:02 AM, Hugh Blemings <h...@blemings.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been assisting with the cataloguing and, where possible, testing of a > bunch of test equipment from a deceased estate. > > One of the items is a 5061A which best I can tell has not been powered on for > over a decade. The High Performance tube has a warranty expiration date of > 1988. Serial number is 1936A01567 and has Option 01 and 04 and has the > digital rather than analogue clock. Minor but it's missing the bottom cover. > > My intuition is to set it to one side until I can become familiar with the > operating manual and potentially bring power up to it slowly with a Variac or > similar. > > I'd be curious as to the time-nuts view on whether this degree of caution > warranted ? > > I suspect the Cs tube is long dead, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised ? > > Would welcome feedback on sensible/cautious first steps with the unit - > initial need, if possible, is a "simple" go/no go/does it power on ? > > Cheers/73 > Hugh > VK3YYZ/AD5RV > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
