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You've actually got one? Does it work? I've seen pictures of them, I've never SEEN one. Must be a bit creepy to work on - bigtime high voltage on them I guess.
IIRC, RCA had some projection CRTs that were up in the 60 - 80 kv (!) range.
So high they had a special corrugated bulb design to keep HV leakage down. The tubes needed regular infared baking and all every few hundred hours. i recall reading about this in an RCA book on TV (which naturally patted RCA on it's back w.r.t. TV development....)
Blacked out face? I'd have one too if I had such a tacky wimpy tattoo...
Man, good luck to whomever gets that thing - parts availability must be tettering on non existant!
RCA projection sets pop up occasionally, but none are THAT big.
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