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Originally Posted by Electronic M

Good points. One thing to consider on the last one is that separating the HV from the horiz does not create the risk of burning a line in, it merely doubles the existent risk, which stems from independent vertical sweep failure.

That depends on whether the vertical is as likely to fail as the horizontal. If the Horz is really much more failure prone than the Vert, independent HV makes a burn much more likely.