Magnavox Solid State Videomatic

[rca2000]

I HAVE seen the safety caps on Maggie SS sets--and have seen them FAIL too. But so far---ONLY in the "short mode" (this was OVER 25 years ago or MORE). When they did they overloaded the PS and shut down the set. IIRC...this was on a T908 maybe a T-915 set. NOT a T995.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by rca2000

I HAVE seen the safety caps on Maggie SS sets--and have seen them FAIL too. But so far---ONLY in the "short mode" (this was OVER 25 years ago or MORE). When they did they overloaded the PS and shut down the set. IIRC...this was on a T908 maybe a T-915 set. NOT a T995.

I had two 19" T991 IIRC one had a gassed CRT & BIG arcing. The
other we put in a vert, reg & 2 other boards. Also did the usual
soldering. Ran fine 2 days then started sending lightning bolts.
Both were only a few yrs old so gave them back & told them to
call Maggy. Most others 4 lead caps I met shorted & a few opened
the way they were supposed to.

73 Zeno

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by rca2000

I HAVE seen the safety caps on Maggie SS sets--and have seen them FAIL too. But so far---ONLY in the "short mode" (this was OVER 25 years ago or MORE). When they did they overloaded the PS and shut down the set. IIRC...this was on a T908 maybe a T-915 set. NOT a T995.

Magnavox still bought the safety caps from American Radionic, even the replacements. The new issue were either blue or gray plastic tape coating.
They actually were an oil cap.

[rangerdan86]

To all ya'll. Update on the tv.

Thanks for all your help! Without you guys I wouldn't have probably made it work again. I ended up ordering a modern 300m ohm resistor that and placing it in a coke bottle to isolate it. Man those things are chatty when I was doing the work testing the tv...Trying to see if it would work with out the resistor in the circuit. Which oddly it didn't work with it out. Somewhere it's a necessity. The screen stay'd dark and wouldn't light up unless I had it going to ground.

And yes, I matched all the ratings and specs as close as I could haha. I went over on the voltage rating but that shouldn't cause any problems.

I can see why they had the old one in that casing and ceramic core(They generate a HUGE amount of static). But again, all of you thank you very much! I can't put to words how much I appreciate the help. Included are a couple pics of the quality of the tv and my "Shoddy" work. I am gonna velcro the bottle down so it doesn't walk around but that's where I sit with it right now.

-Dan