Re: HP 5501A laser head repair

The power supply seems to be working, but the laser is not lasing. The
laser is part of a metrology microscope in which the laser was left on
almost continuously for the last 4 years. The microscope was recently
moved to a new building at the beginning of the year. It was
reassembled a few weeks ago and at that point the laser would not come
back on.

What would you charge to look at it? Do you want to discuss this
offline?

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
"mtsnist" <stocker@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Does anyone know where I can get an old HP (now Agilent) 5501A laser
head repaired? Tx.

What's wrong with it? If the tube comes on but is weak, only solution
is a new tube and that's most of the cost of the laser head..

I can take a look at it.

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