From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!npois!npoiv!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!deckert Newsgroups: net.aviation Title: Re: Standby Vacuum System Follow-up - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1974 Posted: Wed Apr 27 22:27:13 1983 Received: Fri Apr 29 07:05:50 1983 #R:rabbit:-133700:uiucdcs:7900017:000:218 uiucdcs!deckert Apr 27 13:16:00 1983 A recent issue of Aviation Consumer (one of the last two months) had a detailed article and was generally favorable. Current data suggests an average lifetime in the neighborhood of 800 hours for dry vacuum pumps.