[time-nuts] Supply voltages for the Efratom 105243 10MHz OCXO

[Mike Millen]

Thanks, Bob.

That's sort of what I expected, (but didn't particularly want to hear.)

I'll re-jig the psu & give it what it wants.  :)

Thanks again,
Mike


Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
> 
> It's tough to know just how far off of 24 V they compensated the
> oven. It's unlikely that they have a pre-regulaor on the heater. As
> you drop the voltage, the oven gain will also decrease. It's safe to
> bet that it will work at 24 +/- 10%. Past that - who knows... At 20%
> low, the failure is unlikely to be catastrophic. The impact will
> simply be a degradation in the temperature stability.     
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Mar 20, 2011, at 4:24 AM, Mike Millen wrote:
> 
>> Many thanks to both of you.
>> 
>> Is it safe to assume that the oven has its own temperature control
>> system? 
>> I ask, because I'd prefer to run it from  approx. 20v instead of 24v.
>> 
>> With a controller (& a room-temperature environment) I'm hoping that
>> it would still be operating at its design temperature with a lower
>> voltage. 
>> 
>> Comments?