I'm getting a Sencore CR70

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I've seen a friend's CR-70 revive a stone dead 16GP4 to weak, but usable...The CR-70 is on my to get list...

Seems like a little peer-pressure.
Reminds me of the Eddie Murphy routine about the ice cream cone.
" I have a CR70 and you don't".
I bought one a while back, because I was starting to feel inferior to the rest of the group here.

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Seems like a little peer-pressure.
Reminds me of the Eddie Murphy routine about the ice cream cone.
" I have a CR70 and you don't".
I bought one a while back, because I was starting to feel inferior to the rest of the group here.

Now you need to get the Sencore CR7000 to keep up with some of us!

Actually I'm not a fan of the Sencore CR70 for testing color CRTs. For testing color tubes I prefer the testers that have separate meters for each gun as they give you a better indication of comparable warm-up speed, weak guns, maximum emissions readings, life test inconsistencies, etc. Therefore I'd rather test with a B&K 467 or 490, RCA WT-333A, Heathkit IT-5230, the REM, Beltron testers, etc. There is probably no quicker tester to use on old roundie color CRTs than the Beltron units.

And even though I do have the CR7000, I prefer to watch a metered display rather than the often undefinable rows of LEDs, so it rarely gets used.

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[TUD1]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Now you need to get the Sencore CR7000 to keep up with some of us!

And even though I do have the CR7000, I prefer to watch a metered display rather than the often undefinable rows of LEDs, so it rarely gets used.

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Is the CR7000 for sael?

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by TUD1

Is the CR7000 for sael?

No, it's not. And if it was it would be more than $500.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...p2045573.m1684

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[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Seems like a little peer-pressure.
Reminds me of the Eddie Murphy routine about the ice cream cone.
" I have a CR70 and you don't".
I bought one a while back, because I was starting to feel inferior to the rest of the group here.

The CR-70 has been on my list for a while (that demonstration I mentioned was...Hmm...6-7 years ago ). Was always too broke/cheap for one, and my B&K 466 has proved to be an accurate, comfortable and user friendly rig....Heck on all ,but CRTs with odd focus/G1/heater voltages, screw the set up manual, all you need is the right adapter and the knobs practically set themselves....If I had a monkey, a bunch of different testers, and a room full of CRTs that needed testing I'd give the monkey my B&K and tell him to have fun.

[dtvmcdonald]

I have one in the mail. A separate order of eleven unused sockets, the universal
clipon, and manual arrived yesterday. Most sockets look overly modern. There
are duplicates so I would be amenable to giving a couple away at the ETF
convention. The manual is not quite "Conceptual Framework of Quantum
Field Theory", which is my bedtime reading these days, but its the sort of thing
you really do have do study all the way through.

One thing bothers me about "rebuilding" color tubes: the filaments are all
in parallel, so if it overheats one it overheats all. I would have no reticence
trying it on my 15GP22's red gun alone, but I worry about hurting the two good guns.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald

One thing bothers me about "rebuilding" color tubes: the filaments are all
in parallel, so if it overheats one it overheats all. I would have no reticence
trying it on my 15GP22's red gun alone, but I worry about hurting the two good guns.

I don't know if this would help, but the green gun in my Electrohome had drifted slightly out of balance with the others so I gave it a gentle jolt and brought it back up to snuff. It's been a couple of days and it still looks good. The picture had a slight yellowish tinge when I first started it but that quickly vanished.