9100
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2004
- Location
- Webster Groves, MO
For over ten years I have been playing ring around the rosy with thyratrons on a Modular 10EE. One of the problems has been that it is in a shop where any of a dozen people can use it and most of them think that once they have hit the stop buton, no further action is needed. Frequently the tyratrons would be lit with no one running it because the last user went off with it still energized. One tube finally burned out and we had pretty well used up the spares. We bought a pair of Scissio's solid state replacements and I installed them yesterday. They really are drop in (or more accurately bolt in) replacements. They ran right off the bat and a little tweaking of the max speed and IR Comp controls was all that was needed.
We will have to see how they hold up in service, but for now they get 5 stars.
Now, if someone would make a solid state replacement for the C3J, we could be rid of thyratrons.
Bill
We will have to see how they hold up in service, but for now they get 5 stars.
Now, if someone would make a solid state replacement for the C3J, we could be rid of thyratrons.
Bill