
I see it all the " maternally copulating " time. That then accounts for a tapering off of the light output intensity available to reach the photocell. Since, with the specified current limiting resistor used with the neon lamp, expect the lamp to incrementally start developing internal ion burns with extended use and start a darkening of the inside of the neon lamps glass. that will then tie in with the ***** statement above. Now if this application is being correct. but I feel that this unit is associated with a go no go or fail safe condition, such that an 120.240 AC is present at the lamp and the loss of that voltage then causes the sensor portion to interface with the solid state aspect of the control board and indicate/react to that condition. we should fully expect the control electronics to be solid state. On the lamp, I would expect that to depend upon HOW much use time it is activated. On those premium units, on the sensor unit itself, I would expect a half life failure rate of a 100 years. It uses the same NE-2 lamp facing onto the photocell.s sensor. If you are familiar with the quality look of a PIR sensor, that is what it resembles. Initially in considering the photocell, I also have some slightly larger units that use a 1/2 in diameter photocell case /housing with a sealed glass insert at the end. Well the guy I know that understands these machines fairly well says the isolators get weak over time.

please be more forthcoming with further more definitive information. or a separator for bull semen extraction. So I know not whether this is being a control board for an industrial sewing machine. Now you certainly did not give me any information on WHAT this piece of equipment this is within. The tip of the lamp seems to almost touch the face of the sensor.Īdditionally, the internal surface of the black poly tube has been spray painted with white lacquer for maximum reflectivity of the provided neon illumination.
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The lamp end has a NE-2 (H) lamp with super full length 1 1/2 inch leads, as does the other sides serpentine routed 13 row photosensitive strip detector. The case is being of black polycarbonate and you can judge its thickness by a side view and then proceed VEWY- VEWY slowly for the very final increments.
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The cross slice was being made 1/16 inch down from its 8218 * code date marking and another at the 180 degree opposite side. using a micro cutoff wheel in a Dremel hand grinder tool. Of which, I just cut in half, lengthwise, to inspect. In my hand, I am now holding, one each quantity, of a. HOWEVER, it is possible that the problem is not in the vactrol - are you sure that the rest of the circuit is operating correctly? If you've tested this, great! After squeezing stuff back together as best I could, I would use something light-tight (NOT insulation tape) to make the enclosure light tight again. I would then go looking for a similar neon tube and try to replace it. If this is the case then we can assume the neon tube has failed. The next thing to check would be that the LDR end changes resistance markedly in response to light. Ideally I would find that I was able to separate both halves in a way that I could push it back together again.

If I could confirm this, I would carefully try to get my way into the sealed enclosure, working from the end containing the neon tube. Then I would use a multimeter to confirm that one end is open (the neon) and the other has some large value of resistance (the LDR). My approach would be to note the exact placement in the circuit before removing the device. However neon bulbs are a high voltage low current device that is very different in characteristics to an incandescent bulb or LED.Īssuming the vactrol isn't working. If it had been an incandescent bulb, a LED may have been an option due to its lower power requirement. Without that, you need a solution that will work with what you have. If we had access to the circuit diagram then we could probably design something to use a more modern replacement. The problem is that the drive requirements are so different.
