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Old 07-18-2016, 09:00 PM
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Restoring an admiral c322
 
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I was doing another current monitoring power up to keep an eye on the possible arcing area from crt to yoke shroud/housing. I discovered something very interesting and possibly damning. There is a strange orange almost neon-like discharge between the very edge of the internal coating to the shadow mask assembly im assuming in the crt. Now I dont suspect this to be oxygen molecules since the color of the discharge is orange not purple, but could this mean my CRT is in trouble? I don't think the tube is gassy since I can still get a nice, bright and full raster on the screen. I've noticed the glow kind of likes to jump around like some neon bulbs do (like electricity in a decorative neon flame bulb trying to find the path of least resistance). This is concerning me since I have never EVER seen anything like this. Your thoughts?
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