[time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 better

[Don Latham]

Ah well. Just a thought. I was thinking of simply dumping the whole
thing into a picnic jug full of baby oil :-)
Sorta scatterbrained, but I have seen mentioned on the list a basement
sized steel block ...
Don

ed breya
> One last thing regarding oil-filling. My previous comment was made
> picturing oil inside the oscillator block only - not outside, or
> between the outer parts - if there is a resistance wire heater (I
> think it's heated with Qs only on the 10811) it is held together with
> various tapes and adhesives that could soften or dissolve. Also, the
> insulation would not insulate very well of saturated with oil, and
> could possibly soften or break down somehow. I would not recommend
> dunking the whole thing in a vat of oil.
>
> And one final, final note: If oil is somehow effectively contained in
> the oscillator block, then a void (bubble) of some sort, or an
> expansion facility or vent would be needed to relieve the pressure
> changes during warmup.  Otherwise, when started up, the expanding oil
> would have to either leak out, or deform (or damage) something. This
> would be equivalent to dramatically increasing barometric pressure,
> and certainly effect the oscillator frequency.
>
> Ed
>
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