Ok so I have this pilot tv with a 3kp1 of course and it works great however the brightness is just not there as I know it's got the green tube and are not usually bright but I feel it should be brighter and it's not, any quick ideas would be a great help. All the tubes are nos and tested again. I do have a filiment trans tied in for the crt and that's good .I had also put a diode under the IIRC 35w4 because the b+ was on the low side when I restored this set so I don't know if that would have anything to do with low brightness. Maybe someone here had the same issue and was able to cure it quickly without tearing into the whole chassis but if I have to well that's ok to. I plan on checking the cathode voltage at pin 3 of the crt which should be 185 Vdc from there I may check voltages at the brightness pot.
12-02-2018, 05:25 PM
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