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Old 12-29-2016, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jr_tech View Post
Does your answer pertain to the CRT heater or the 3A3 filament?

jr
Oh, the 3A3 filament. The CRT heaters are lighting. I did notice some purple arcing in the 3A3 though.
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Originally Posted by zeno View Post
You usually wont see a HV rect light up. After running a while
it will get quite warm. Odds are the tube is bad. Many early
SS sets ( Moto, RCA, Sony ) used a tube & they went often.
Sony was an exception probably cause they used a 25KV tube
in a 12" set.

73 Zeno
LFOD !
Actually I did notice the HV cage get warm after a little bit when I first started the set.

Last edited by Jon A.; 12-29-2016 at 06:50 PM.
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