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Old 02-12-2019, 12:04 PM
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According to the schematic, there should be about 5 volts difference across R154 (260 V on supply side, dropped to 255 V at the plate of chroma bandpass). You could measure the supply and the plate voltage and see if they are 5 volts different. When the color killer operates, the bandpass amp is cut off and there will be no drop.

So, go back to grounding point E. This should defeat the color killer and let the bandpass amp conduct. Turn the color control all the way up and see if you see any color.

As far as using the scope, set the scope sweep rate to horizontal sweep rate (about 10 microseconds per division). For starters, set the vertical sensitivity to 10 volts per division (or 1 volt if you have a 10X probe) and check for presence of all the waveforms shown in the SAMS schematic for the chroma sync phase detector and color killer, plus the chroma bandpass. Set the vertical to higher gain to view the smaller waveforms that are marked about 10 or 12 volts peak to peak.

Do you have a color bar test pattern to use, or are you using some program video? The chroma waveform on pin 3 of coil A14 will generally not be as big and obvious with program material as with a test pattern, but you should be able to see it come and go when the color killer operates.

Also look for the chroma at point G, pin 1 of V23 X demodulator (or pin 1 of V21, Z demodulator).
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Old 02-13-2019, 01:08 AM
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Thanks for all of the advice guys. I haven't pulled out the scope yet but have some good news. I did the "color afc alignment" procedure which only requires a voltmeter and now I can get very weak color. The alignment settings were not really that far off, so I am not sure if I tweaked it just enough to get a weak color signal and there is still an issue somewhere.

There is only a color image at the counterclockwise end of the fine tuning of the channel. It is also pretty difficult to get the color and picture stable at the end of the range. I have had trouble getting the color bars to sync properly as well.

I have a portable color bar generator, see attachments.
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Old 02-16-2019, 01:05 AM
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I was watching the TV today for a little bit, but out of nowhere something else happened.

The screen is now red, brightness control doesn't really do anything. HV is down to ~18kV. Cathode current on 6JE6 runs high after the TV warms up. My initial thoughts are a loose connection or cracked solder joint.
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Old 02-16-2019, 09:43 AM
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If you haven't already done so, re-flow the two ground stakes on the far right end of the chroma board. If one of those goes open, it kills the heaters on the 6GU7s. Their plates go high, and since the plates are DC-coupled to the CRT grids, beam current goes out the roof, dragging the HV down. Also 6JE6 cathode current goes high.

This may not be what's causing your problem, but always reflow those stakes anyway. It's an endemic problem to CTC-12, '15, '16, '17, and '25.
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Old 02-16-2019, 02:29 PM
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re-flow the two ground stakes on the far right end of the chroma board.
Thanks for the tip, I have reflowed these points. Powered up the TV this morning and still has the same issue.
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Old 02-16-2019, 04:41 PM
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Even though you have re-flowed these points, check the 6GU7s while the set is turned on to see if their filaments are lighting up.
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Old 02-16-2019, 05:39 PM
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Well I just reseated a bunch of tubes and now the problem is gone. I can’t seem to replicate it unfortunately.
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Old 02-16-2019, 08:13 PM
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Well I just reseated a bunch of tubes and now the problem is gone. I can’t seem to replicate it unfortunately.
One of the things I found was a connecting wire that was located around the area in question. It seemed to be affected by the heat of the tubes and the larger resistors. It seemed to arc and destroyed the 620mh peaking coils.
The first thing I did was remove it and relocate it under the PC board.
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Old 02-17-2019, 01:39 AM
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One of the things I found was a connecting wire that was located around the area in question. It seemed to be affected by the heat of the tubes and the larger resistors. It seemed to arc and destroyed the 620mh peaking coils.
The first thing I did was remove it and relocate it under the PC board.
Is the circled wire in the attachment the one that gave you trouble?

I have also attached a couple more pictures of the set issues in operation. Most of the time when I can get color it doesn't lock in, more of a rainbow. Playing with the horizontal hold or fine tuning sometimes gets the chroma to sync properly.

I have done an experiment where I pull the chroma oscillator tube out during operation, let the tube cool down, and then put it back while the set is on. While the tube is warming up there is a point for a few second where the chroma locks in. However, after the tube is fully warmed up it becomes a rainbow again.

Also, having a little bit of trouble with horizontal sync in general as the vertical lines in the cross hatch are difficult to adjust to be straight.
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Old 02-17-2019, 09:44 AM
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If the chroma osc has a broad lock in adjustment range I typically connect a color bar generator and with the color maxed adjust the fine tuning till the color is barely there (and hold the color osc in sync). The lock point should be smaller but still exist. Then I rock the channel selector and see if it holds sync, and tweak it so that it locks as fast as it can between channels with minimal color signal...If it will lock under those conditions normal viewing signal levels and finetuning position will be a piece of cake for it to lock to.

If it can only lock to strong color there are probably circuit issues or bad alignment problems.
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Old 02-17-2019, 10:02 AM
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Is the circled wire in the attachment the one that gave you trouble?

I have also attached a couple more pictures of the set issues in operation. Most of the time when I can get color it doesn't lock in, more of a rainbow. Playing with the horizontal hold or fine tuning sometimes gets the chroma to sync properly.

I have done an experiment where I pull the chroma oscillator tube out during operation, let the tube cool down, and then put it back while the set is on. While the tube is warming up there is a point for a few second where the chroma locks in. However, after the tube is fully warmed up it becomes a rainbow again.

Also, having a little bit of trouble with horizontal sync in general as the vertical lines in the cross hatch are difficult to adjust to be straight.
That's the one. I see the other that gives trouble has already been replaced. Also the peaking coil has been jumpered out. Try to replace it if possible.
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Regarding the horizontal wiggles, two things could contribute:
1) Your color bar generator probably has a simple vertical sync pulse with no serrations; that interrupts the horizontal sync. This causes the horizontal AFC detector to output an erroneous voltage during V sync; then it has to recover.
2) The R and/or C values in the horizontal AFC filter circuit (between the detector and the oscillator) are off, causing an undamped, ringing response.

A possible third minor contribution could come from the sync separator itself, which is shown by the slight wiggle on every row. This may be normal for this set with this bar generator. I have seen it often on sets that otherwise operate fine with a standard video program source. It could also be affected by fine tuning.
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Both of my dot-bar generators exhibit the same behavior.
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Old 02-17-2019, 02:19 PM
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I copy-pasted the 148V from pin 3, pin 6 should have read 268V. I updated the image below.


I have a scope, but do not use it much so my skills in diagnosing a TV with it are limited. Any tips on waveforms I should check?
If you have the schematic and it appears you do, it should show waveforms for different points of the set. I know Sams has waveform pictures based on using a color bar generator.
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