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Low anode voltage is a big problem with the 5 chassis, which exacerbates brightness issues with a CRT that isn't as efficient as later ones. Quote:
There are two things I have yet to try: installing a solid state 3A3 replacement, and feeding the horizontal section more B+ by using silicon rectifiers in the power supply. I would still run the rest of the chassis on the 5U4 rectifiers, only horizontal would get a boost. I've come to the conclusion that the flyback in the 5 has higher primary D.C. resistance, which means you can only sink so much current into it at a given B+ value. Can't change the flyback windings, so the only thing you can try is feeding it higher amplitude pulses. This may in fact lead to higher anode voltages, but I'm not sure what effect it would have on sweep width and so on. Another possibility is subbing another flyback, but that's not an easy chore.
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