While I was cleaning the tube sockets in the tv, I noticed a rattling sound from the horizontal output tube and noticed a loose piece of metal or filament was loose and rolling around. I attached a photo of it.
This is pretty frustrating because this horizontal output tube was purchased recently by me to replace the bad horizontal output tube the tv had with it.. The horizontal tube was not originally making a rattling sound nor had any loose bits in it when I had put it into the tv a month ago.
What could have happened? Could it have been vibrations or just bad luck? The tv was sitting on an old hardwood floor and vibrations travel easily through the floor when one walks around the house.
I am guessing this means the tube is bad or is unsafe to use now and I should get yet another replacement?
It looks like a little metal "tab" instead of a filament though.
https://imgur.com/a/ChYo70o