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Old 01-11-2010, 01:23 PM
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Great find! it is nice to get an easy one once in a while!

"There's an interesting metal hoop under the HV rectifier tube. I wonder what that's for?"

If it is connected to the high voltage, I suspect that it serves as a (anti) Corona Ring, to reduce the possibility of corona and arcs between the sharp points under the tube socket (such as cut off wires and socket pins) and the chassis.

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