Brooke, I've seen the SRS claims on their lamps and I would tend to believe them. However I have seen HP5065A lamps that have lasted as long! I don't think the cheaper telecomm Rubidium lamps are in their league. Cheers, Corby

Hi I would suggest that the typical list member’s experience with the SRS RB’s longevity has not been all that good. The lamps might be terrific and the problems could be in other parts of the device ….. Bob > On Sep 15, 2022, at 7:44 PM, Corby Dawson via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > Brooke, > > I've seen the SRS claims on their lamps and I would tend to believe them. > However I have seen HP5065A lamps that have lasted as long! > I don't think the cheaper telecomm Rubidium lamps are in their league. > > Cheers, > > Corby > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

A very interesting experiment by Corby. I will add from my experience on the telco RBs. The small units. The failures I have now run into with the lamp is the plating out of the RB on the front of the glass dimming the beam. This is the issue that has been discussed before with heating the bulb to remove that buildup. Seems to work and it recovers the unit for quite a while. How long is a question. Don't tend to run these small RBs often. Love the Corby bench and hack. Plus Corby has spare "stuff" to experiment with. My drawers are not that good. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10:58 PM Bob kb8tq via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Hi > > I would suggest that the typical list member’s experience with > the SRS RB’s longevity has not been all that good. The lamps > might be terrific and the problems could be in other parts of the > device ….. > > Bob > > > On Sep 15, 2022, at 7:44 PM, Corby Dawson via time-nuts < > time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > > Brooke, > > > > I've seen the SRS claims on their lamps and I would tend to believe them. > > However I have seen HP5065A lamps that have lasted as long! > > I don't think the cheaper telecomm Rubidium lamps are in their league. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Corby > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com