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Originally Posted by rca2000
IN the Radio electronics magazine in the 70's, I seem to recall an article by Jack Darr about thie safety cap issue in solid state color tv sets. . I think it was called "how to troubleshoot tuned circuits" or such, and described the cap issue. He claimed some engineer had said on a test in some lab with a failed safety cap--the HV could EXCEED 40 KILOVOLTS!!
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Easily. First flat chassis we saw with bad caps the boss told me to plug it in.
It was like a thunderstorm in a box. huge arcs all over the bell &
at the divider which was burned in half. Scared the crap out of me.
New divider & caps & like new again.
73 Zeno
