That's a nice set, good to know it's in good hands.
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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Think you just had bad luck. Of the 5 original CCII sets I've had 0 have needed that cap changed...
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No kidding, my 1976 Electrohome used a Zenith-supplied run capacitor which I ended up changing needlessly in an attempt to remedy random brightness fluctuations. I thought it might be going bad because it was getting quite warm, but that will happen to anything mounted on a plate on top of the VRT, doi. I chased that problem around most of the time that set has been in service, finding the cause only a few days ago by accident. It had been holding up well for quite some time, then I tried to get a Sylvania remote tuner to work in there but no dice. I had been using a temporary tuner while the original awaits repairs, it's just sitting in there. Once I reconnected that the brightness started dropping out again. I finally traced the problem to a poorly grounded IF cable; I bent the tabs slightly inward on both ends, shoved the connectors back on and presto, normal brightness.