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Old 03-27-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kiwick
One important point i forgot to mention, the (weak) raster first appears around the screen, the center of the screen remains dark and it takes longer for it to get lit up, but the "dark spot" disappears when everything is warm, is this a problem with the CRT (like a sort of ion burn)?

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Francesco
This sounds like insufficient high voltage. The raster is blooming until the HV gets high enough to pull it into the center of the screen. From what you describe, I doubt this is a crt problem. That is a beautiful set by the way. I hope it restores well.
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