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Rietdorf, Jens on
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Dear Phil,
in addition to the long lifetime of the 405, it can be switched off any
time it is not used, while gas lasers always need to run quite some time
in advance before they can be used, so you gain some extra avoiding the
warm-up periods.
If you can convince all your users to switch the 405 off whenever it is
not used, I would agree to exclude it from the service contract.
Best, jens
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Listers,
We're in the midst of grant-writing and budgets, and I'd like to get
some folks' experiences with laser lifetimes and maintenance issues.
Specifically, multi-line argon lasers and 405 and 559 diode lasers.
These diodes in particular add a fair amount to a service contract.
How necessary is it to include the lasers in a service contract?
Currently, our old instrument has a single-line 488 argon and a HeNe
543, no contract and no problems, so I'm tending to excluding some or
all of the lasers from the contract. But ...
Thanks for the information.
Phil
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