Quote Originally Posted by Larry Schneider View Post
In all the discussions about laser tubes everyone is talking about the life of the tube being 10,000 hours. That is static hours not running hours. That equates to about 2.25 years whether it is running or not.
Or not.

10,000 hours is 416 days, or about 14 months...most of us get 4 years or so out of a tube.