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Thanks for the info, Steve. I like to find out as much as possible about my sets.
Last night I set the convergence up, it looks pretty good but I think the usual selenium rectifier replacement is nessesary on the convergence chassis but that will be a later project. Picture looks good enough. The only problem I had was what appeared to be a grid to cathode short on the CRT, thank God it wasn't. It turns out the socket is bad and the connections inside are loose, if you wiggle it some of the wires get temporarily interupted causing the picture to go green, flicker colors and have retrace lines. Tapping gently on the neck does nothing, just wiggling those wires makes it happen. I temporarily fixed it with some white plumbers tape {no glue} just around the socket where the wires go in so I could work on it. The thing I really don't like is the fact that some "tech" cut corners by rigging that thing years ago instead of replacing it. The focus lead corroded and overheated melting that part of the socket, that was enough to replace it in my book. This guy soldered the wire directly to the pin on the tube {rolling eyes} I hate those kind of repairs. The guy also left all the wires in the set just hanging around in there ignoring all of the wire ties and holders, very sloppy work! Probably who ever worked on it back in '69, their name isn't on the tag. I wouldn't put my name on that kind of work either. Will update some pics shortly.
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Kyocera R-661, Yamaha RX-V2200
National Panasonic SA-5800
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